Lanark County, Ontario
Categories: Census divisions of Ontario
Lanark County is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario. As of 2001, the population is 62,495. Its county seat is Perth, Ontario6.
The county took its name from the town of Lanark in Scotland.
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Geography
According to Statistics Canada, the county has a total area of 2,979 km² (1,150 mi²).
Economy
The county is one of the top centres of maple syrup production in Ontario and describes itself as "The Maple Syrup Capital of Ontario".
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2001, there are 62,495 people, 23,905 households, and 18,090 families residing in the county. The population density is 21/km² (54/mi²). There are 27,781 housing units. The racial makeup of the county is 97.70% White, 1.52% Aboriginal, 0.18% Chinese, 0.13% Black, 0.11% Filipino, 0.11% Latin American, 0.06% South Asian, 0.04% Arab, 0.02% Southeast Asian, 0.02% West Asian, 0.02% Japanese, 0.00% Korean, 0.06% Other, 0.05% Multiple responses.
There are 23,905 households out of which 32.54% have children living with them, 32.54% are married couples living together, 23.32% are one-person households, and 12.31% are other household types.
In the county, the population is spread out with 19.68% of the population under the age of 15, 11.78% from 15 to 24, 27.39% from 25 to 44, 25.85% from 45 to 64, and 15.28% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40.
The median income for a household in the county is $49,701, and the median income for a family is $56,873. Males have an average income of $45,494 versus $33,525 for females.
Towns and townships
- Beckwith (township)
- Carleton Place (town)
- Drummond/North Elmsley (township)
- Lanark Highlands (township)
- Mississippi Mills (town)
- Montague (township)
- Perth (town)
- Tay Valley (township)
While the town of Smiths Falls is physically within the boundaries of the county, it is a separated municipality and is not under the administration of the county government.
Original townships
- Bathurst (Now part of Tay Valley)
- Beckwith (Still exists)
- Dalhousie (Now part of Lanark Highlands)
- Darling (Now part of Lanark Highlands)
- Drummond (Now part of Drummond/North Elmsley)
- Lanark (Now part of Lanark Highlands)
- Lavant (Now part of Lanark Highlands)
- Montague (Still exists)
- North Burgess (Now part of Tay Valley)
- North Elmsley (Now part of Drummond/North Elmsley)
- North Sherbrooke (Now part of Lanark Highlands)
- Pakenham (Now part of the Town of Mississippi Mills)
- Ramsay (Now part of the Town of Mississippi Mills)
- South Sherbrooke (Now part of Tay Valley)
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| Census Divisions of Ontario | Image:Flagofontario.png | ||
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| Counties of Ontario: Bruce | Dufferin | Elgin | Essex | Frontenac | Grey | Haliburton | Hastings | Huron | Lambton | Lanark | Leeds and Grenville | Lennox and Addington | Middlesex | Northumberland | Perth | Peterborough | Prescott and Russell | Renfrew | Simcoe | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | Wellington | |||
| Regional Municipalities of Ontario: Durham | Halton | Muskoka | Niagara | Oxford | Peel | Waterloo | York | |||
| Single Tier Municipalities of Ontario: Brant | Brantford | Chatham-Kent | Greater Sudbury | Haldimand | Hamilton | Kawartha Lakes | Norfolk | Ottawa | Prince Edward | Toronto | |||
| Separated municipalities - Historic counties of Ontario | |||
| Districts of Ontario: Algoma | Cochrane | Kenora | Manitoulin | Nipissing | Parry Sound | Rainy River | Sudbury | Thunder Bay | Timiskaming | |||