Lanark County

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Lanark County
Lanark County
Location of the region in Ontario
Basic data
Country Canada
province Ontario

Administrative headquarters Perth
Coordinates : 45 ° 3 ′  N , 76 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ′  N , 76 ° 20 ′  W
Residents 65,667 (as of 2011)
surface 3,033.82 km²
Population density 21.6 inhabitants / km²
Time zone : Eastern Standard Time ( UTC −5)
Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC −4, daylight saving time)
Web presence www.county.lanark.on.ca

Lanark County is a county in the southeast of the Canadian province of Ontario . The county seat is Perth . The population is 65,667 (2011), the area 3033.82 km², which corresponds to a population density of 21.6 inhabitants per km². The county is named after the town of Lanark in Scotland . Lanark County is one of the main producing areas of the Canadian maple syrup and calls itself "Ontario's maple syrup capital".

Communities

The parishes in Lanark County are:

The Smith Falls Ward, geographically and statistically part of Lanark County, is not under its administration.

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