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Laurentian Valley
Township municipality in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Laurentian Valley is a township municipality[1] in Renfrew County in eastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It borders on the Ottawa River, the city of Pembroke and the town of Petawawa.
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This township was created on January 1, 2000, from the former townships of Stafford-Pembroke and Alice and Fraser.[3]
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Communities
The township comprises the communities of Alice, Cotnam Island, Davis Mills, Fairview, Forest Lea, French Settlement, Gorr Subdivision, Government Road, Greenwood, Hiam, Huckabones Corners, Indian, Kathmae Siding, Locksley, Lower Stafford, Micksburg, Pleasant View, Shady Nook, Stonebrook and Trautrim Subdivision.
History
In 1997, the Township of Stafford and the Township of Pembroke merged to form the Township Municipality of Stafford-Pembroke. On January 1, 2000, this township merged with the Township of Alice & Fraser to form the Township Municipality of Laurentian Valley. Jack Wilson was its first mayor. [4]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurentian Valley had a population of 9,450 living in 3,715 of its 3,877 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 9,387. With a land area of 539.08 km2 (208.14 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.5/km2 (45.4/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
Local government
List of former mayors:
- Jack Wilson (2000–2014)
- Steve Bennett (2014–present)
For the 2010–2011 fiscal year, the township spent CA$2,700,000.[6]
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