North Frontenac

North Frontenac was created on January 1, 1998, by the amalgamation of three municipalities: the Township of Barrie; the Township of Clarendon and Miller; and the Township of Palmerston, North and South Canonto.{{cite web |title=Municipal restructuring activity summary table - Dataset - Ontario Data Catalogue |url=https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/municipal-restructuring-activity-summary-table |website=data.ontario.ca |publisher=Government of Ontario |access-date=2025-04-04}}

North Frontenac is in the heart of Eastern Ontario's cottage country. Cottages and campsites dot the shores of the Township's many clean lakes. Located entirely on the Canadian Shield, the landscape can often be rough and unpredictable, but at the same time provides scenic vistas. Residents, both permanent and seasonal, enjoy a wide variety of outdoor activities. The Township is bordered by Greater Madawaska to the north, Addington Highlands to the west, Central Frontenac to the south and Lanark Highlands to the east.

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The township includes the communities of Ardoch, Beatty, Beech Corners, Canonto, Coxvale, Donaldson, Fernleigh, Harlowe, Mississippi Station, Myers Cave, Ompah, Plevna, Robertsville, Snow Road Station[https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cdobie/history/snowroad-history.htm A History of Snow Road & McLaren's Depot.] A paper prepared and read by Miss Maude Walker at the July 1936 meeting of the Snow Road Women's Institute. Transcribed from the Perth Courier, 7 August 1936, Page 6. Accessed 8 July 2023. and Wilbur.

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Lakes of notable size within the Township's borders are:

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• Big Gull Lake
• Buckshot Lake
• Canonto Lake
• Crotch Lake
• Kashwakamak Lake
• Long Schooner Lake
• Malcolm Lake
• Marble Lake
• Mazinaw Lake
• Mississagagon Lake
• Mosque Lake
• Norcan Lake
• Palmerston Lake
• Pine Lake
• Round Schooner Lake}}

With the Township consisting of a significant portion of Crown land administered by the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, North Frontenac is home to many of Ontario's endangered and threatened animals{{Cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/page/species-risk-ontario|access-date=2021-11-04|website=www.ontario.ca|title=Species at risk in Ontario }} such as;

Endangered:

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• American eel
• American ginseng
• Butternut tree
• Eastern small-footed myotis
• Golden eagle
• Lake sturgeon
• Mountain Lion
• Northern myotis
• Tricoloured bat{{Div col end}}

Threatened:

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• Bank swallow
• Barn swallow
• Blanding's turtle
• Cerulean warbler
• Least bittern
• Whip-poor-will
• Bobolink{{Div col end}}

In the many lakes, rivers and streams you can find:

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• Black crappie
• Bluegill
• Brook trout
• Bowfin
• Burbot
• Common carp
• Lake sturgeon
• Lake trout
• Largemouth bass
• Longnose gar
• Muskellunge
• Northern pike
• Pumpkinseed
• Rainbow trout
• Rock bass
• Smallmouth bass
• Walleye
• White crappie
• Yellow perch

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Frontenac had a population of {{val|2285|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1131|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|2798|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2285-1903}}|1903|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|1903|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1157.97|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2285|1157.97|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.

{{Canada census

|location = North Frontenac

|2021_population=2,285 | 2021_pop_delta=+20.1 | 2021_land_area=1,157.97 | 2021_pop_density=2.0

|2021_median_age=61.6 | 2021_median_age_m=60.8 | 2021_median_age_f=62.0

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=2,798 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=1,131 |2021_mean_hh_income=68,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00053510045 | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27

|2016_population=1,898 | 2016_pop_delta=+2.2 | 2016_land_area=1164.77 | 2016_pop_density=1.6

|2016_median_age=54.1 | 2016_median_age_m=53.9 | 2016_median_age_f=54.4

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=2,966 | 2016_mean_hh_income=51,942 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-13

|2011_population=1,857 | 2011_pop_delta=-2.5 | 2011_land_area=1164.73 | 2011_pop_density=1.6

|2011_median_age= | 2011_median_age_m= | 2011_median_age_f=

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=2,823 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-02-13

|2006_population=1,904 | 2006_pop_delta=+5.7 | 2006_land_area=1135.75 | 2006_pop_density=1.7

|2006_median_age=54.9 | 2006_median_age_m=53.5 | 2006_median_age_f=55.9

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=3,107 | 2006_mean_hh_income=37,035 | 2006_access_date=2012-02-13

|2001_population=1,801 | 2001_pop_delta=+1.6 | 2001_land_area=1135.92 | 2001_pop_density=1.6

|2001_median_age=53.5 | 2001_median_age_m=52.5 | 2001_median_age_f=54.5

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=2,739 | 2001_mean_hh_income=29,773 | 2001_access_date=2012-02-13

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Mother tongue (2021):

• English as first language: 93.4%
• French as first language: 2.0%
• Other as first language: 3.7%

{{Historical populations

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|footnote = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.

|source = Statistics Canada1996, 2001, 2006 census{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: North Frontenac, Township |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3510045&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=north%20fron&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=June 13, 2019}}

|1996|1773

|2001|1801

|2006|1904

|2011|1857

|2016|1898

|2021|2285

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North Frontenac is governed by a mayor, a deputy mayor (who serves as both deputy mayor and councilor) and five councilors. Each municipal ward is represented by two councilors. The Mayor and one other member of Council represent the municipality on the Frontenac County Council.{{Cite web|date=2018|title=County Council|url=https://www.frontenaccounty.ca/en/government/county-council.aspx?_mid_=19805|access-date=December 7, 2018|website=www.frontenaccounty.ca}}

Source:{{Cite web|date=November 24, 2022|title=Mayor and Councilors of North Frontenac Township|url=https://www.northfrontenac.com/en/township-services/mayor-and-council.aspx|access-date=March 15, 2023|website=Northfrontenac.com}}

• Mayor: Gerry Lichty
• Deputy Mayor: John Inglis
• Councilors:
• Ward 1: Wayne Good
• Ward 1: Stephanie Regent
• Ward 2: Vernon Hermer
• Ward 2: Roy Huetl
• Ward 3: Fred Fowler
• Ward 3: John Inglis

Mayors of the Township of North Frontenac:

• 1998–2003: Stan Johnson
• 2003–2010: Ron Maguire
• 2010–2014: Bud Clayton
• 2015–2022: Ron Higgins

Reeves of the former Township of Barrie

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• 1873–1873: T. Tapping
• 1874–1874: D. Kenyon
• 1875–1875: D. Kenyon
• 1876–1878: T. Tapping
• 1879–1881: R. Scott
• 1882–1882: T. Tapping
• 1883–1883: R. Tapping
• 1884–1886: A. Wickware
• 1887–1887: Wm. Dempsey
• 1888–1893: T. Tapping
• 1894–1894: G. Deline
• 1895–1895: G. Deline
• 1896–1896: Wm. Salmond
• 1897–1897: G. Deline
• 1898–1898: J. Mitchell
• 1899–1899: J. Mitchell
• 1900–1900: G. Deline / Wm. Salmond
• 1901–1904: Wm. Salmond
• 1905–1905: G. Deline
• 1906–1906: G. Deline
• 1907–1909: C. Macgregor
• 1910–1913: Wm. Salmond
• 1914–1917: J. Gray
• 1918–1926: C. Macgregor
• 1927–1933: S. Wheeler
• 1934–1942: H. Levere
• 1943–1951: A. Macgregor
• 1952–1952: A. Hillier
• 1953–1957: J. Head
• 1958–1966: J. Hill
• 1967–1988: T. Neal
• 1989–1990: W. Van Kempen
• 1991–1997: T. Neal

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Reeves of the former Township of Clarendon and Miller

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• 1865–1882: B. Watkins. (one of the first settlers in Clarendon){{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=C.A.|title=Away Back in Clarendon and Miller|year=1976|publisher=General Store Publishing House|location=Renfrew, Ontario|isbn=1-894263-97-9|page=104|url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2864346}}
• 1883–1885: J. Howell
• 1886–1891: J. Howell
• 1892–1892: B. Watkins
• 1893–1896: A. Monroe
• 1897–1900: J.F. Card
• 1901–1901: B. Watkins
• 1902–1904: J. Mcdonald
• 1905–1905: S.S. Barton
• 1906–1906: J. Mcdonald
• 1907–1907: J. Mcdonald
• 1908–1912: J.D. Godkin
• 1913–1913: J.F. Card
• 1914–1914: J.F. Card
• 1915–1919: P.J. Wensley
• 1920–1922: T. Armstrong
• 1923–1928: J. Flake
• 1929–1931: J. Brouse
• 1932–1934: J. Flake
• 1935–1951: L. Kring
• 1952–1954: C. Armstrong
• 1955–1955: L. Kring
• 1956–1956: G. Kring
• 1957–1957: C. Armstrong
• 1958–1974: G. Kring
• 1975–1984: Wm. Flieler
• 1985–1997: S. Johnston

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Reeves of the former Township of Palmerston, North and South Canonto.

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• 1896–1901: J. Mckenzie
• 1902–1902: P. White
• 1903–1903: J. Moore
• 1904–1904: R. Wood
• 1905–1905: Wm. Millar
• 1906–1908: D. Wood
• 1909–1909: Wm. Donaldson
• 1910–1910: D. Wood
• 1911–1915: Wm. Donaldson
• 1916–1924: D. Gemmill
• 1925–1932: S.J. Shanks
• 1933–1949: A.C. Rhodes
• 1950–1952: W.B. Cameron
• 1953–1972: A. Trombley
• 1973–1976: R. Ryder
• 1977–1988: B. Sproule
• 1989–1991: B. Carnell
• 1992–1997: B. Sproule

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The municipality is host to Bon Echo Provincial Park (shared with Addington Highlands) and the North Frontenac Parklands.

On August 3, 2013, North Frontenac became the first municipality in Canada to achieve Dark Sky Preserve Status by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.{{Cite web|last=Kachur|first=Torah|date=June 19, 2015|title=Dark Sky Preserve in North Frontenac threatened by wind farm proposal|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/dark-sky-preserve-in-north-frontenac-threatened-by-wind-farm-proposal-1.3119957|website=CBC}}

Students attend the Clarendon Central Public School in Plevna, ON (JK to Grade 8), the North Addington Education Centre in Cloyne, ON (JK to Grade 12) or the Granite Ridge Education Centre in Sharbot Lake, ON (JK to Grade 12). All schools are part of the Limestone District School Board.

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{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3510045&Geo2=CD&Code2=3510&Data=Count&SearchText=Frontenac&SearchType=Contains&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=North Frontenac census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2011 Census of Population |access-date=2012-02-13}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.northfrontenac.ca/}}

{{Geographic location

| Centre = North Frontenac

| N = Greater Madawaska

| E = Lanark Highlands

| S = Central Frontenac

| W = Addington Highlands

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Category:Township municipalities in Ontario

Category:Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario

Category:Municipalities in Frontenac County