South Frontenac is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

Frontenac County Frontenac County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. The city of Kingston is in the Frontenac census division, but is separated from the County of Fron ...

eastern Ontario Eastern Ontario (census population 1,763,186 in 2016) (french: Est de l'Ontario) is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River. It sh ...

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. It was amalgamated in 1998 from the former townships of Bedford, Loughborough, Portland, and Storrington. The

Holleford crater The Holleford Crater is a meteorite crater near the community of Holleford, part of South Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 550 ± 100 million years ( Ediacaran or Cambrian). Although there is a surfa ...

is located in the township near the community of Holleford.

Communities

Battersea Battersea is a large district in south London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross and extends along the south bank of the River Thames. It includes the Battersea Park. History Batter ...

* Bedford * Bedford Mills * Bellrock * Bobs Lake * Bradshaw * Brewer Lake * Buck Lake * Burnt Hills * Burridge * Cedar Lake * Cranstons Beach * Davidsons Beach * Desert Lake * Fermoy * Forest * Glendower *

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* Hartington * Holleford * Ida Hill *

Inverary Inveraray ( or ; gd, Inbhir Aora meaning "mouth of the Aray") is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the western shore of Loch Fyne, near its head, and on the A83 road. It is a former royal burgh, the traditional county town of Arg ...

* Keelerville * Lake Opinicon * Latimer * Lower Holleford * Maple Hill * Milburn * Missouri * Moons Corners * Murvale * Murvale Station * Perth Road * Petworth * Railton * Raymonds Corners * Rosedale * Salem * Spaffordton * Star Corners * Sunbury *

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* Verona * Wilmer

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population 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 ...

, South Frontenac 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. According to the Canada 2006 Census:Statistics Canada 2006 Census
South Frontenac community profile
/ref> *Mother tongue: ** English as first language: 94.5% ** French as first language: 1.5% ** English and French as first language: 0.1% ** Other as first language: 3.9%

Notable people

John Babcock John Henry Foster Babcock (July 23, 1900 – February 18, 2010) was, at age 109, the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War and, after the death of Harry Patch, was the conflict's oldes ...

, the last Canadian

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

veteran, was born in South Frontenac. * Mike Smith, professional goalie in the National Hockey League.

Education

South Frontenac, along with

Central Frontenac Central Frontenac is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada in the County of Frontenac. Central Frontenac was created in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Townships of Hinchinbrooke, Kennebec, Olden and Oso. Communities There are 28 communiti ...

North Frontenac North Frontenac is a township in Frontenac County in eastern Ontario, Canada. History North Frontenac was created in 1998 by the amalgamation of three municipalities: the Township of Barrie; the Township of Clarendon and Miller; and the Townshi ...

and the

Frontenac Islands Frontenac Islands is a township located in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada, that encompasses a number of islands at the beginning of the Saint Lawrence River near the outlet of Lake Ontario, including: Arabella, Bayfield, Black Ant, Garden, G ...

, send students to schools part of the

Limestone District School Board Limestone District School Board (LDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 27 prior to 1999) is an English public district school board encompassing a region that includes the City of Kingston and the counties of Frontenac ...

, based in neighbouring Kingston.

Notes

A village named

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

is located in

Township of Rideau Lakes Rideau Lakes is a township located within Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The township was incorporated on 1 January 1998 by amalgamating the former townships of North Crosby, South Crosby, Bastard, South Burgess a ...

approximately 60 kilometres east of the former Portland township. It is unknown if the township and the village had any connections with the same name due to its close proximity. In 1998, Portland Township was amalgamated into South Frontenac. County of Frontenac - Former Townships
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References

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External links

* {{authority control Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Frontenac County Township municipalities in Ontario