East Hawkesbury is a
township in eastern
Ontario, Canada, in the
United Counties of Prescott and Russell
The United Counties of Prescott and Russell (french: Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell) are consolidated counties located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is L'Orignal. It was created as a result of a merger between Russe ...
. Situated on the
Ottawa River
The Ottawa River (french: Rivière des Outaouais, Algonquin: ''Kichi-Sìbì/Kitchissippi'') is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word 'to trade', as it was the major trade route of Eastern ...
, its eastern boundary is the border with the province of
Quebec.
Communities
The township comprises the villages of Chute-à-Blondeau,
Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott
Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott (often written as Ste-Anne-de-Prescott) is a predominantly French language, francophone, town in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, near the Québec border and Glengarry County, in Ontario Canada. It is a part of ...
and
Saint-Eugène. The township administrative offices are located in Saint-Eugène.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
, East Hawkesbury had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
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List of townships in Ontario
This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division.
Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma District
Historical/Geographic Townships
*Abbott
*Aberdeen Additional
*Abigo
*Abotossaway
* ...
*
List of francophone communities in Ontario
References
External links
Official website
Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell
Township municipalities in Ontario
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