North Grenville is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville on the Rideau River. It is located just south of Ottawa in Canada's National Capital Region.
The Township of North Grenville was established on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of Oxford-on-Rideau Township, South Gower Township, and the Town of Kemptville. In 2003, a motion of the municipal council adopted the designation of 'municipality'.
Communities The largest community in North Grenville is Kemptville, with a population of 4,051 in the 2021 census (up from 3,911 in the 2016 census, and 3,620 in 2011). It is located on the Kemptville Creek (also known as South Branch of the Rideau River) approximately south of Ottawa, sitting midway between suburban Ottawa and the Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge along Highway 416. The administrative offices of the municipality are located in Kemptville.
Other communities in the municipality include:
Actons Corners Bedell Bishops Mills Burritts Rapids (the oldest community on the Rideau River) East Oxford Heckston Hutchins Corners McReynolds Millars Corners Mountain Newmanville Oxford Mills Oxford Station Pattersons Corners Peltons Corners Sabourins Crossing Schipaville Swan Crossing Van Allens
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Grenville 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.
Mother tongue (2021): English as first language: 88.2% French as first language: 5.6% English and French as first language: 1.3% Other as first language: 4.2%
See also List of francophone communities in Ontario List of townships in Ontario North Grenville District High School
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