Leeds and Grenville United Counties
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Location of the region in Ontario
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Basic data | |
Country | Canada |
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Ontario
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Administrative headquarters | Brockville |
Coordinates : | 44 ° 41 ′ N , 75 ° 55 ′ W |
Residents | 99,306 (as of 2011) |
surface | 3,383.92 km² |
Population density | 29.3 inhabitants / km² |
Time zone : | Eastern Standard Time ( UTC −5) Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC −4, daylight saving time) |
Web presence | www.leedsandgrenville.ca |
Leeds and Grenville United Counties is a county in the southeast of the Canadian province of Ontario . The county seat is Brockville . The population is 99,306 (2006), the area 3383.92 km², which corresponds to a population density of 29.3 inhabitants per km². The county is located on the Saint Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands . It was created in 1850 through the merger of Leeds and Grenville Counties , named after the city of Leeds in England and William Grenville , the British Prime Minister from 1806 to 1807.
Communities
In the Leeds and Grenville United Counties are the following parishes:
- Athens
- Augusta
- Edwardsburgh / Cardinal
- Elizabethtown-Kitley
- Front of Yonge
- Leeds and the Thousand Islands
- Merrickville-Wolford
- North Grenville
- Rideau Lakes
- Westport
The city of Brockville and the parishes of Gananoque and Prescott belong geographically and statistically to the Leeds and Grenville United Counties, but are not under their administration.