The Municipality of Trent Hills is a township municipality
in
Northumberland County in
Central Ontario
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The population of the region was 1,123,307 in 2016; however, this number does not in ...
,
Canada
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.
It is on the
Trent River and was created in 2001 through the amalgamation of the municipalities of Campbellford/Seymour,
Percy Township and Hastings.
Thereafter it was known in brief as Campbellford/Seymour, Percy, Hastings.
Communities
The municipality was historically four separate administrative subdivisions: the former town of
Campbellford
Campbellford is an unincorporated place and former town in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, in the township municipality of Trent Hills. It lies approximately midway between Toronto and Ottawa. It is situated on both the Trent-Severn W ...
; the former village of
Hastings
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east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
;
Seymour Township; and
Percy Township. The latter two retain the status of
geographic townships.
There are three population centres in Trent Hills: Campbellford; Hastings; and the former village of
Warkworth, formerly the municipal seat of Percy Township prior to the amalgamation of Trent Hills. Smaller communities within the municipality include Allan Mills, Brickley, Burnbrae, Connellys, Crowe Bridge, Dartford, English Line, Godolphin, Green Acres, Healey Falls, Hoards Station, Kellers, Menie, Meyersburg, Norham, Percy Boom, Pethericks Corners, Stanwood, Sunnybrae, Trent River, West Corners, Westview and Woodland.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Trent Hills 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.
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 94.8%
* French as first language: 1.1%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 3.8%
Government
The chart below shows the structure of the municipal government of Trent Hills. These politicians were elected as of the 2014 municipal election. Following the death of Hector Macmillan who had served as an elected official from 2003 until 2017, deputy mayor Bob Crate was elected mayor and Rosemary Kelleher-MacLennan deputy mayor by council.
The
Member of Parliament
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for the riding of
Northumberland—Peterborough South
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Northumberland—Peterborough South was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legall ...
is
Kim Rudd of the
Liberal Party of Canada
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.
The
Member of Provincial Parliament for
is
David Piccini
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of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
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.
See also
*
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
* ...
References
External links
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{{Northumberland County, Ontario
Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in Northumberland County, Ontario