{{Short description|Township in Ontario, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> | name = Laurentian Valley | official_name = Township of Laurentian Valley | nickname = | settlement_type = Township (lower-tier) | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = LaurentianValley-Sign.JPG | image_caption = Sign on Round Lake Road | pushpin_map = CAN ON Renfrew#Canada Southern Ontario | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_label = | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Ontario | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Renfrew | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Steve Bennett | established_title = Established | established_date = {{Start date|2000|01|01}} <!-- Area ---------------------> | unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = <ref name=SC2021>{{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2024-07-30}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 539.08 | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=SC2021/> | population_note = | population_total = 9,450 | population_density_km2 = 17.5 <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = Eastern Time Zone | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = Eastern Time Zone | utc_offset_DST = -4 | coordinates = {{coord|45|46|05|N|77|13|26|W|region:CA-ON_type:city_dim:20km_source:GeographicalNamesBoardofCanada|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="CGNDB">{{cite cgndb|id= FEVHH|title= Laurentian Valley|accessdate= August 11, 2011}}</ref> | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref> tags--> | elevation_m = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = | area_codes = 613, 343 | website = {{Official URL}} | footnotes = }}
'''Laurentian Valley''' is a township<ref name="CGNDB"/> in Renfrew County in Eastern Ontario, Canada.<ref name="CGNDB" /> It borders on the Ottawa River, the city of Pembroke and the town of Petawawa.
This township was created on January 1, 2000, from the former townships of Stafford-Pembroke and Alice and Fraser.<ref>{{cite map|url= http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6576|title= Restructured municipalities – Ontario map #5|year= 2006|series= Restructuring Maps of Ontario|publisher= Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing|accessdate= August 11, 2011|archive-date= May 11, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200511165309/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6576|url-status= dead}}</ref>
== 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. <ref>{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.lvtownship.ca/en/lv-government-services/our-history.aspx?_mid_=9273 |website=www.lvtownship.ca |publisher=Township of Laurentian Valley |access-date=30 July 2024 |language=en |date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurentian Valley had a population of {{val|9450|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|3715|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|3877|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:9450-9387}}|9387|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|9387|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|539.08|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|9450|539.08|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=SC2021/>
{{Historical populations |title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Laurentian Valley |type = Canada |align = none |percentages = |footnote = 1996 total is the combined figure for former townships. |source = Statistics Canada<ref name=SC2021/><ref>1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census</ref> |1996| 8978 |2001| 8733 |2006| 9265 |2011| 9657 |2016| 9387 | 2021 |9450 }}
==Local government== thumb|right|260px|The township office on Witt Road. List of former mayors: * Jack Wilson (2000–2014) * Steve Bennett (2014–present)
For the 2010–2011 fiscal year, the township spent {{currency|2,700,000|CAD}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2625002|date=June 16, 2010|accessdate=June 16, 2010|newspaper=Pembroke Observer|first=Tina|last=Peplinkskie|title=Budget passes with 5.57% tax increase}}</ref>
==See also== *List of francophone communities in Ontario *List of townships in Ontario
== References == {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.lvtownship.ca}}
{{Geographic location | Centre = Laurentian Valley | North = Laurentian Hills, Petawawa | Northeast = {{flagicon|QC}} L'Isle-aux-Allumettes<br/>''Ottawa River''<br/>Pembroke | East = Whitewater Region | Southeast = Admaston/Bromley | South = North Algona-Wilberforce | Southwest = | West = Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | Northwest = Unorganized South Nipissing<br />(Algonquin Provincial Park) }} {{Renfrew County}}
Category:Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Category:Municipalities in Renfrew County Category:Township municipalities in Ontario