Laurentian Hills is a municipality in

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

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in Renfrew County. It surrounds (by land) Deep River on the Ontario side of the river. The town is home to the

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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 Chalk River (2016 population: 1029) is a small rural village, part of the Laurentian Hills municipality in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Upper Ottawa Valley along Highway 17 (Trans-Canada Highway), inland (west) from ...

, Meilleurs Bay, Moor Lake, Point Alexander, Rolphton, and Wylie.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, 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.

References

*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

Communities

Demographics

Trivia

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