North Grenville
North Grenville is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville on the Rideau River. It is located just south of Ottawa 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. 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. It is located on the Kemptville Creek approximately south of Ottawa, sitting midway between suburban Ottawa and the Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge along Highway 416. The administrative offices of the municipality are located in Kemptville.Other communities in the municipality include:
- Actons [Corners, Ontario|Actons Corners]
- Bedell
- Bishops Mills
- Burritts Rapids
- 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 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 :
- 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%