Frontenac County


Frontenac County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. The city of Kingston is in the Frontenac census division, but is separated from the County of Frontenac.

Historical evolution

The county of Frontenac, situated within the Mecklenburg District, was originally created as an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in 1792 and its original limits were described as being:
Mecklenburg was renamed as the "Midland District" in 1792.
At the beginning of 1800, the County was reorganized as follows:
Through the addition of newly surveyed townships, by 1845 the County covered the following territory:
In 1860, the newly surveyed townships of Miller and Canonto were transferred from Renfrew County
In 1998, the County was reorganized, and it now consists of the townships of North Frontenac, Central Frontenac, South Frontenac and Frontenac Islands. The City of Kingston continues to be a separated municipality.
The county council itself was abolished and replaced by a management unit with limited powers, known as the Frontenac Management Board. The management unit became a county again in 2004.

Education

Children attend schools part of the Limestone District School Board, based in the City of Kingston.

Demographics

The figures below are for the Frontenac census division, which combines Frontenac County and Kingston.
Historic populations for Frontenac census division:
The city of Kingston makes up the vast majority of the census division's population, skewing the census data. Statistics for the County of Frontenac excluding Kingston are as follows:
These population figures include primary residents only. The County of Frontenac includes a large number of seasonal residences, whose seasonal residents are not included. While such residents cannot be reliably counted, at least 20% of the total assessed value of residential, recreational, and vacant land properties consists of seasonally occupied property with limited services.