Carleton Place

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title: "Carleton Place" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["carleton-place", "lower-tier-municipalities-in-ontario", "towns-in-ontario"] topic_path: "general/carleton-place" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_Place" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Carleton Place
official_name	Town of Carleton Place
native_name
settlement_type	Town (lower-tier)
image_skyline	Carleton Place ON downtown.jpg
image_caption	Carleton Place downtown
motto	Fidelis (Latin for "faithful")
image_map	lancpl.PNG
mapsize	200px
map_caption	Location of Carleton Place in Lanark County
pushpin_map	Canada Southern Ontario
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_mapsize
pushpin_map_caption	Carleton Place in southern Ontario
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name1	Ontario
subdivision_name2	Lanark
established_title	Settled
established_date	1819
established_title1	Incorporated
established_date1	1870 (village)
established_title2	Incorporated
established_date2	1890 (town)
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Toby Randell
leader_title1	MP
leader_name1	Scott Reid (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, CPC)
leader_title2	MPP
leader_name2	John Jordan (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, Prog. Cons.)
unit_pref
area_footnotes
area_land_km2	9.94
elevation_footnotes
population_total	12517
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_density_km2	1259.4
timezone	EST
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
postal_code_type	Postal Code FSA
postal_code	K7C
area_codes	613, 343, 753
website
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The town is situated on the edge of a large limestone plain, just south of the edge of the Canadian Shield in the deciduous forest ecoregion of North America.

History

Carleton Place was first settled by Europeans when British authorities prompted immigration to Lanark County in the early 19th century. The Morphy and Moore families were among the first to arrive. Edmond Morphy chose the site in 1819 when he realized there was potential in the area's waterfall. He built a mill there and was the first of many such textile and lumber industries to locate in the area. The settlement was then known as Morphy's Falls.

In 1829, the area was renamed Carleton Place (a name by local merchant Alexander Morris), after a street in Glasgow, Scotland, when a post office was constructed. In November 1870, it separated from Beckwith Township and became an incorporated village, and a town in 1890. The community's economic growth was enabled by the construction of the Brockville and Ottawa Railway later in the century. The town was also renowned for its access to Mississippi Lake, and had steamship service to Innisville on the west end of Mississippi Lake between the 1860s and 1920s.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carleton Place had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . Statistics Canada cited Carleton Place as the fastest growing municipality in Canada in 2021. With a land area of 9.94 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |location = Carleton Place |2021_population=12,517 | 2021_pop_delta=+17.6 | 2021_land_area=9.94 | 2021_pop_density=1259.4 |2021_median_age=41.6 | 2021_median_age_m=40.0 | 2021_median_age_f=43.2 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=5,341 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=5,210 |2021_mean_hh_income=89,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00053509028 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=10,644| 2016_pop_delta=+8.5 | 2016_land_area=9.05 | 2016_pop_density=1,176.2 |2016_median_age=42.3 | 2016_median_age_m=40.3 | 2016_median_age_f=44.2 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=4,403| 2016_mean_hh_income=71,481 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-19 |2011_population=9,809 | 2011_pop_delta=+3.8 | 2011_land_area=8.83 | 2011_pop_density=1,110.3 |2011_median_age= | 2011_median_age_m= | 2011_median_age_f= |2011_total_pvt_dwell=4,246 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-02-15 |2006_population=9,453 | 2006_pop_delta=+4.1 | 2006_land_area=8.83 | 2006_pop_density=1,070.0 |2006_median_age=39.1 | 2006_median_age_m=37.5 | 2006_median_age_f=40.5 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=3,832 | 2006_mean_hh_income=55,077 | 2006_access_date=2012-02-15 |2001_population=9,083 | 2001_pop_delta=+7.1 | 2001_land_area=8.83 | 2001_pop_density=1,028.2 |2001_median_age=36.7 | 2001_median_age_m=36.0 | 2001_median_age_f=37.5 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=3,504 | 2001_mean_hh_income=50,204 | 2001_access_date=2012-02-15

|title = Historical census populations – Carleton Place |type = Canada |align = none |cols = 3 |footnote = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. |source = Statistics Canada | 1871 |1205 | 1881 |1975 | 1891 |4435 | 1901 |4059 | 1911 |3621 | 1921 |3841 | 1931 |4105 | 1941 |4305 | 1951 |4725 | 1956 |4790 | 1961 |4796 | 1966 |4819 | 1971 |5020 | 1976 |5265 | 1981 |5626 | 1986 |6541 |1991| 7432 |1996| 8450 |2001| 9083 |2006| 9453 |2011| 9809 |2016| 10644 |2021| 12517

Economy

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The logging industry stimulated economic development in the 19th century, with white pine logs exported to Europe. Local forests were depleted of hemlock to provide bark for the leather tanning industry. Both textile and lumber mills flourished, but none still operates. "The Findlay Foundry", founded by David Findlay in 1862, operated until 1974, making cast-iron cookware and woodstoves. Some of the designs created by this company are still being made by another company. Today, the remaining mill buildings house condominiums and high-tech industry. The "Crash Position Indicator" (CPI) was manufactured and marketed in Carleton Place by Leigh Instruments Ltd.

Education

The Upper Canada District School Board manages public education in Carleton Place and Lanark County, while the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario is in charge of schools teaching the Catholic curriculum. Schools in the Carleton Place area include:

• Carleton Place High School
• Notre Dame Catholic High School

Notable residents

• Roy Brown, RAF pilot credited with shooting down the Red Baron
• D'Alton Corry Coleman, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway
• David Cooney, Juno Award-winning folk-rock musician, a founding member of the band Waltons
• Ryan Cuthbert, sprint kayaker, 2 time Olympian (2004 Sydney Olympics(k-4 1000m), 2008 Beijing Olympics(k-2 1000m))
• Shean Donovan, professional ice hockey player (retired), who last played for the Ottawa Senators.
• John Edwards, sprint canoer, Olympian (1972 Munich Olympics), (1976 Montreal Olympics)
• Jill Heinerth, cave diver and explorer
• Eddie MacCabe, sports editor of the Ottawa Journal and the Ottawa Citizen
• Leslie McFarlane, wrote many of the original Hardy Boys books under the pen name Franklin W. Dixon
• Jordan McIntosh, pop-country musician, 2014 Country Music Association of Ontario Rising Star Award Recipient and 2015 Canadian Country Music Association Rising Star Award Nominee
• Bat Phillips, professional ice hockey player for the Montreal Maroons
• Andrew Willows, sprint kayaker, 2 time Olympian (2004 Athens Olympics(k-4 1000m), 2008 Beijing Olympics(k-2 500m))

Sister cities

Carleton Place is an active participant in the Sister Cities program and has a relationship with the following municipalities:

• Franklin, Tennessee, United States (2008)
• Comrie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

• Statistics Canada 2006 Community Profile – Carleton Place retrieved 2007-11-02
• Local History retrieved 2011/06/09
• Step forward for condos and farmers market as demolition begins retrieved 2011/06/09
• Death knell for Ottawa Valley rail line retrieved 2011/06/09

References

References

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12. (October 17, 1956). "Former President of CPR D. C. Coleman Dies at 77". Winnipeg Tribune.
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