North Grenville is a

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in eastern

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, Canada, in the

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville, is a county and census division in Ontario, Canada, in the Eastern Ontario subregion of Southern Ontario. It fronts on the St. Lawrence River and the internation ...

on the

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. It is located just south of

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in Canada's National Capital Region. The Township of North Grenville was established on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of Oxford-on-Rideau Township, South Gower Township, and the Town of

Kemptville Kemptville is a community located in the Municipality of North Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada in the northernmost part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. It is located approximately south of the downtown core of Ottawa and ...

. In 2003, a motion of the municipal council adopted the designation of 'municipality'.

Communities

The largest community in North Grenville is Kemptville, with a population of 4,051 in the 2021 census (up from 3,911 in the 2016 census, and 3,620 in 2011). It is located on the

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(also known as South Branch of the Rideau River) approximately south of Ottawa, sitting midway between suburban Ottawa and the

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along Highway 416. The administrative offices of the municipality are located in Kemptville. Other communities in the municipality include: * Actons Corners * Bedell * Bishops Mills * Burritts Rapids (the oldest community on the Rideau River) * East Oxford * Heckston * Hutchins Corners * McReynolds * Millars Corners * Mountain * Newmanville * Oxford Mills * Oxford Station * Pattersons Corners * Peltons Corners * Sabourins Crossing * Schipaville * Swan Crossing * Van Allens

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, North Grenville 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 (2021): * English as first language: 88.2 % * French as first language: 5.6 % * English and French as first language: 1.3 % * Other as first language: 4.2 %

References

External links

* {{Leeds and Grenville Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Leeds and Grenville United Counties

Communities

Demographics

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