Frontenac County is a county and

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of the

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. It is located in the eastern portion of

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. The city of Kingston is in the Frontenac census division, but is separated from the County of Frontenac.

History

The county of Frontenac, situated within the Mecklenburg District, was originally created as an

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for the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in 1792 and its original limits were described as being: 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

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: 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

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, Central Frontenac, South Frontenac and Frontenac Islands. The City of Kingston absorbed Kingston and

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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

in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, 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 , it had a population density of in 2021.

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.

External links

* {{Subdivisions of Ontario Counties in Ontario

History

Demographics

Education

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