Harrington is a township municipality in the

Laurentides The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 C ...

region of Quebec, Canada, part of the

Argenteuil Regional County Municipality Argenteuil is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Lachute. History In 1682, Charles-Joseph d'Ailleboust was granted by Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France, a ...

. It is located in the Laurentian Mountains, about north-west of

Lachute Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport. It is located on Autoroute 50, at the junctions of Quebec Provincia ...

. Its population centres include Harrington, Lac-Keatley, Lakeview, Lost River, and Rivington.

Geography

Harrington is a land of lakes and rivers, stocked with abundant fish. The Rouge River is the main river flowing through it, and the largest lakes include Lake (Lac) MacDonald, Green Lake, and Lake Harrington, each attracting a large number summer cottage vacationers. Its territory has a characteristic appearance of the Laurentian region with dense forests, rising to an elevation of in the north-east, which is more than Mont Chauve which dominates Green Lake. The Lost River flows for some miles from a spring that disappears under a

calcareous Calcareous () is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky. The term is used in a wide variety of scientific disciplines. In zoology ''Calcareous'' is used as an ad ...

rock between Gate Lake and Fraser Lake.

History

Harrington Township first appeared on the Gale and Duberger Map of 1795, but was not settled until 1830 when Scottish pioneers settled in the Lost River area in the east. In 1841, the township is officially established and in 1855, the township municipality was formed. It is believed that the name Harrington may be attributed to a location in England, however, the local post office was identified under the name of Rivington between 1878 and 1961.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultu ...

, Harrington 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. QC Harrington1 tango7174

Local government

List of former mayors: * Ellen Lakoff (2001–2009) * Keith Robson (2009–2012) * Jacques Parent (2012–2021) * Pierre Richard (2021–present)

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools. * École polyvalente Lavigne in

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language schools: * Arundel Elementary School in Arundel serves a portion * Laurentian Elementary School in

serves a portion * Grenville Elementary School in Grenville serves a portion * Laurentian Regional High School in LachuteLAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE
." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.

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{{authority control Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Laurentides 1830 establishments in Lower Canada