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Laurentian Hills is a municipality in
The town comprises the communities of Chalk River, Meilleurs Bay, Moor Lake, Point Alexander, Rolphton, and Wylie.
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 s ...
, Canada, on the Ottawa River in Renfrew County
Renfrew County is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It stands on the west bank of the Ottawa River. There are 17 municipalities in the county.
History Bathurst District
When Carleton County was withdrawn from Bathurst District in 1 ...
. It surrounds (by land) Deep River on the Ontario side of the river. The town is home to the Nuclear Power Demonstration
Nuclear Power Demonstration (or NPD) was the first Canadian nuclear power reactor, and the prototype for the CANDU reactor design. Built by Canadian General Electric (now GE Canada), in partnership with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), O ...
nuclear power plant. The prototype nuclear power plant was operational 1962-1987 and has since then been shutdown for over 30 years, waiting for permanent disposal of the radioactive nuclear components. The municipality was formed on January 1, 2000, when the United Townships of Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay and the Village of Chalk River were merged.
Communities
The town comprises the communities of Chalk River, Meilleurs Bay, Moor Lake, Point Alexander, Rolphton, and Wylie.
Demographics
In the2021 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, Laurentian 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.
Population trend:
* Population in 2016: 2961
* Population in 2011: 2811
* Population in 2006: 2789
* Population in 2001: 2750
* Population in 1996:
** Chalk River: 974
** Rolphton, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay: 1810
* Population in 1991:
** Chalk River: 874
** Rolphton, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay: 1656
Trivia
An Ontario Historical Plaque in front of the School House Museum was erected by the province to commemorate the role of Steamboating on the Upper Ottawa in Ontario's heritage.See also
* List of townships in OntarioReferences
*Mercer, Jennifer. "''Staying the Run: A History of Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay Townships.''"External links
* {{Renfrew County Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Renfrew County Towns in Ontario