Frontenac County
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | |
| official_name | County of Frontenac |
| settlement_type | County (upper-tier) |
| image_skyline | Frontenac County Court House (2010-Apr-12).jpg |
| image_caption | Frontenac County Courthouse |
| image_seal | Logo of Frontenac County, Ontario.svg |
| image_map | Map of Ontario FRONTENAC.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of Frontenac County |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Ontario |
| subdivision_name2 | Eastern Ontario |
| seat_type | County seat |
| seat | Glenburnie |
| parts_type | Municipalities |
| parts_style | coll |
| parts | |
| p1 | Township of Central Frontenac |
| p2 | Township of Frontenac Islands |
| p3 | Township of North Frontenac |
| p4 | Township of South Frontenac |
| government_type | County |
| leader_title | Warden |
| leader_name | Bill Saunders |
| leader_title1 | Deputy Warden |
| leader_name1 | Ron Vandewal |
| total_type | |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_land_km2 | |
| area_blank1_title | Census division |
| area_blank1_km2 | 3725.82 |
| area_note | Land area excludes Kingston |
| population_total | |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_note | Total excludes Kingston |
| population_density_km2 | |
| population_blank1_title | Census division |
| population_blank1 | 161780 |
| population_density_blank1_km2 | 43.4 |
| area_codes | 613, 343 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -4 |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Frontenac County
| official_name = County of Frontenac
| other_name =
| settlement_type = County (upper-tier)
| image_skyline = Frontenac County Court House (2010-Apr-12).jpg
| image_caption = Frontenac County Courthouse
| image_seal = Logo of Frontenac County, Ontario.svg
| image_map = Map of Ontario FRONTENAC.svg
| mapsize = 250px
| map_caption = Location of Frontenac County
| coordinates =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Ontario
| subdivision_name2 = Eastern Ontario
| seat_type = County seat
| seat = Glenburnie
| parts_type = Municipalities
| parts_style = coll
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| parts =
| p1 = Township of Central Frontenac
| p2 = Township of Frontenac Islands
| p3 = Township of North Frontenac
| p4 = Township of South Frontenac
| government_footnotes =
| government_type = County
| leader_title = Warden
| leader_name = Bill Saunders
| leader_title1 = Deputy Warden
| leader_name1 = Ron Vandewal
| total_type =
| area_footnotes =
| area_land_km2 =
| area_blank1_title = Census division
| area_blank1_km2 = 3725.82
| area_note = Land area excludes Kingston
| population_total =
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_footnotes =
| population_note = Total excludes Kingston
| population_density_km2 =
| population_blank1_title = Census division
| population_blank1 = 161780
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 43.4
| area_codes = 613, 343
| elevation_max_m =
| timezone = EST
| utc_offset = -5
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Frontenac County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. The city of Kingston is in the Frontenac census division, but is separated from the County of Frontenac.
History
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The county of Frontenac, situated within the Mecklenburg District, was originally created as an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in 1792 and its original limits were described as being:
bounded on the east by the westernmost line of the county of Leeds, on the south by Lake Ontario, to on the west by the easternmost boundary of the late township of Ernestown, and on the west by the easternmost boundary of the township of Fredericksburgh, running north twenty-four degrees west until it meets the Ottawa or Grand River, thence descending the said river until it meets the northwesternmost boundary of the said county of Leeds.
Mecklenburg was renamed as the "Midland District" in 1792.
At the beginning of 1800, the County was reorganized as follows:
:* the eastern part of the islands of the county of Ontario were transferred to Frontenac, on the former's dissolution :* Frontenac was declared to consist solely of the townships of Pittsburg, Kingston, Loughborough, Portland, Hinchbrooke, Bedford and Wolfe Island :* the remaining unorganized territory remained part of Midland District
Through the addition of newly surveyed townships, by 1845 the County covered the following territory:
the Townships of Bedford, Barrie, Clarendon, Hinchinbrooke, Kingston, Kennebec, Loughborough, Olden, Oso, Portland, Pittsburgh, which shall include Howe Island, Palmerston, Storrington, and Wolfe Island, and, except for the purposes of representation in the Legislative Assembly, the Town of Kingston.
In 1860, the newly surveyed townships of Miller and Canonto were transferred from Renfrew County
In 1998, the County was reorganized, and it now consists of the townships of North Frontenac, Central Frontenac, South Frontenac and Frontenac Islands. The City of Kingston absorbed Kingston and Pittsburgh Townships and exists now as a separated municipality.
The county council itself was abolished and replaced by a management unit with limited powers, known as the Frontenac Management Board. The management unit became a county again in 2004.
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Frontenac County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 3725.82 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |location= Frontenac census division |notes=Includes data for City of Kingston |2021_population=161,780 | 2021_pop_delta=+7.5 | 2021_land_area=3,725.82 | 2021_pop_density=43.4 |2021_median_age=43.2 | 2021_median_age_m=41.6 | 2021_median_age_f=45.2 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=80,226 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=69,984 |2021_mean_hh_income=81,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00033510 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2016_population=150,475 | 2016_pop_delta=+0.5 | 2016_land_area=3787.76 | 2016_pop_density=39.7 |2016_median_age=43.6 | 2016_median_age_m=41.9 | 2016_median_age_f=45.2 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=77,155 |2016_occ_pvt_dwell=64,295 | 2016_mean_hh_income=69,432 | 2016_access_date=2024-11-15 |2011_population=149,738 | 2011_pop_delta=4.1 | 2011_land_area=3,787.79 | 2011_pop_density=39.5 |2011_median_age= | 2011_median_age_m= | 2011_median_age_f= |2011_total_pvt_dwell=74,074 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-03-21 |2006_population=143,865 | 2006_pop_delta=3.8 | 2006_land_area=3,672.49 | 2006_pop_density=39.2 |2006_median_age=40.8 | 2006_median_age_m=39.5 | 2006_median_age_f=42.0 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=70,539 | 2006_mean_hh_income= | 2006_access_date=2012-03-21 |2001_population=138,606 | 2001_pop_delta=1.6 | 2001_land_area=3,672.77 | 2001_pop_density=37.7 |2001_median_age=38.3 | 2001_median_age_m=37.1 | 2001_median_age_f=39.5 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=66,606 | 2001_mean_hh_income= | 2001_access_date=2012-03-21
|title = Historical census populations – Frontenac County |align = none |cols = 3 |percentages = |footnote = Includes City of Kingston. Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. |source = Statistics Canada | 1921 |44494 | 1931 |45756 | 1941 |53717 | 1951 |66099 | 1956 |76534 | 1961 |87534 | 1966 |97138 | 1971 |101692 | 1976 |108052 | 1981 |108133 | 1986 |115221 | 1991 |129089 | 1996 |136365 | 2001 |138606 | 2006 |143865 | 2011 |149753 | 2016 |150475 | 2021 |161780
Education
Children attend schools part of the Limestone District School Board, based in the City of Kingston.
References
- Rollaston, Brian, ed. County of a Thousand Lakes: The History of the County of Frontenac. Kingston: County of Frontenac, 1982.
- Ross, Alec & John De Visser. Kingston and Frontenac County. Erin ON: Boston Mills Press, 2009.
- Meacham, J.H. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington Counties. Toronto, 1878; reprint ed., Belleville: Mika, 1971.
References
- (9 February 2022). "Frontenac, County (CTY) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=b7RKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA25 Proclamation of July 16, 1792]
- {{Cite canlaw. (1792)
- {{Cite canlaw. (1798)
- {{Cite canlaw. (1845)
- {{Cite canlaw. (1860)
- (2006). "Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5". [[Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Ontario).
- . (February 4, 2015). ["Frontenac County: One of the players remembers amalgamation talks"](http://www.frontenacnews.ca/frontenac-150th-anniversary/item/9109-frontenac-county-one-of-the-players-remembers-amalgamation-talks). *Frontenac News*.
- {{Cite canlaw
- Green, Jeff. (March 28, 2018). "Frontenac County to look at building a new office with Cataraqui Region Conservation". Frontenac News.
- (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
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