Laurentian Hills

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|official_name = Town of Laurentian Hills

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|settlement_type = Town (lower-tier)

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|subdivision_name = Canada

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|subdivision_name1 = Ontario

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Renfrew

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Anne Giardini

|leader_title1 = Federal riding

|leader_name1 = Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke

|leader_title2 = Prov. riding

|leader_name2 = Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

|established_title = Established

|established_date = January 1, 2000

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|population_total = 2885

|population_density_km2 = 4.5

|timezone = EST

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Laurentian Hills is a municipality in Eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River in Renfrew County. It surrounds (by land) Deep River on the Ontario side of the river. The municipality was formed on January 1, 2000, when the United Townships of Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay and the Village of Chalk River were merged.{{cite web |url=http://www.countyofrenfrew.on.ca/municipalprofiles.htm |title=Municipal Profiles |publisher=County of Renfrew |accessdate=2009-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117034239/http://countyofrenfrew.on.ca/municipalprofiles.htm |archive-date=2009-01-17 |url-status=dead }}

The town was home to the Nuclear Power Demonstration nuclear power plant. The prototype nuclear power plant was operational from 1962 to 1987 and has since then been shut down, awaiting permanent disposal of its radioactive nuclear components.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnl.ca/environmental-stewardship/nuclear-power-demonstration-closure-project/|title = Nuclear Power Demonstration Closure Project}}

Communities

File:Chalk River ON.JPG

The town comprises the communities of Chalk River, Meilleurs Bay, Moor Lake, Point Alexander, Rolphton, and Wylie.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurentian Hills had a population of {{val|2885|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1251|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1393|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2885-2961}}|2961|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|2961|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|634.31|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2885|634.31|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.

{{Historical populations

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|source = Statistics Canada1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

| 2001 |2750

| 2006 |2789

| 2011 |2811

| 2016 |2961

| 2021 |2885

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{{Historical populations

|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Chalk River Village

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|source = Statistics Canada{{cite journal |title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical) |journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, Part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2) |date=July 1973 |pages=76, 139 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}

| 1956 |986

| 1961 |1135

| 1966 |1086

| 1971 |1094

| 1976 |1095

| 1981 |1010

| 1986 |923

| 1991 |874

| 1996 |974

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| {{Historical populations

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Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay TP

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| 1956 |1780

| 1961 |2079

| 1966 |2040

| 1971 |2066

| 1976 |1836

| 1981 |1743

| 1986 |1790

| 1991 |1656

| 1996 |1810

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Local government

List of former mayors:

Paul Curtis (2000)
Vance Gutzman (2003)
Richard Rabishaw (2010–2014)
John Reinwald (2014–2022)
Anne Giardini (2022–present)

Trivia

An Ontario Historical Plaque in front of the School House Museum was erected by the province to commemorate the role of steamboating on the Upper Ottawa in Ontario's heritage.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_PQR/Plaque_Renfrew17.html |title=Ontario Plaque |access-date=2009-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017063537/http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_PQR/Plaque_Renfrew17.html |archive-date=2008-10-17 |url-status=dead }}