Frontenac County is a county and
census division
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of the
Canadian province
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of
Ontario. It is located in the
eastern portion of
Southern Ontario. The city of
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
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** Kingston upon Hull, England
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is in the Frontenac census division, but is separated from the County of Frontenac.
Historical evolution
The county of Frontenac, situated within the
Mecklenburg District, was originally created as an
electoral district
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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
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
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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
North Frontenac,
Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada in the County of Frontenac.
Central Frontenac was created in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Townships of Hinchinbrooke, Kennebec, Olden and Oso.
Communities
There are 28 communiti ...
,
South Frontenac and
Frontenac Islands. The City of
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
absorbed
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
and
Pittsburgh Townships and exists now as a
separated municipality
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.
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.
Education
Children attend schools part of the
Limestone District School Board, based in the City of
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
.
Demographics
As a
census division
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in the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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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.
Historic populations for Frontenac census division:
* Population in 2001: 138,606
* Population in 1996: 136,365
See also
*
List of municipalities in Ontario
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*
List of Ontario Census Divisions
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Kingston Frontenac Public Library
The Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) was established in 1998 through the amalgamation of the Kingston Public Library (which began as a 19th-century Mechanics Institute) and the Frontenac County Library, creating a 17-branch system. The K ...
*
K&P Rail Trail
*
List of townships in Ontario
This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division.
Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma District
Historical/Geographic Townships
*Abbott
*Aberdeen Additional
*Abigo
*Abotossaway
* ...
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
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{{Subdivisions of Ontario
Counties in Ontario