Bonnechere Valley
Township municipality in Ontario, Canada
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Bonnechere Valley is a township municipality in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. It had a population of 3,898 in the 2021 Canadian census. It was established on January 1, 2001, by amalgamation of the village of Eganville and the townships of Grattan, Sebastapol, and South Algona.[2]
Bonnechere Valley | |
|---|---|
| Township of Bonnechere Valley | |
Community of Eganville in Bonnechere Valley | |
  Bonnechere Valley  Bonnechere Valley | |
| Coordinates: 45°27′N 77°08′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | Renfrew |
| Established | 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Mayor | Jennifer Murphy |
| • Federal riding | Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke |
| • Prov. riding | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke |
| Area | |
| • Land | 588.36 km2 (227.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 3,898 |
| • Density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal code | K0J 1T0 |
| Area codes | 613, 343 |
| Website | www |
Communities
The administrative and commercial centre of Bonnechere Valley is Eganville, a small community occupying a deep limestone valley carved at the Fifth Chute of the Bonnechere River.
The township also comprises the smaller communities of Augsburg, Castile, Clontarf, Constant Creek, Cormac, Dacre, Donegal, Esmonde, Grattan, Lake Clear, McGrath, Perrault, Ruby, Silver Lake, Scotch Bush, Vanbrugh, Woermke, and Zadow, as well as the ghost towns of Newfoundout, Balaclava and Foymount.
History
The power of the Bonnechere River has been harnessed since 1848 but it was John Egan's grist mill that gets credit for stimulating the area's economic growth.
In 1911, the Great Fire destroyed many of the buildings in Eganville. 75 homes were lost in all along with schools, churches and industries along both sides on the Bonnechere River. This fire was started by two teenagers smoking cigarettes in a shed. A year later, the Municipal Building was erected, and served as the village post office for almost a century. This building has since become the home of the Bonnechere Museum and one of the most well known symbols of Eganville.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bonnechere Valley had a population of 3,898 living in 1,739 of its 2,320 total private dwellings, a change of 6.1% from its 2016 population of 3,674. With a land area of 588.36 km2 (227.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.6/km2 (17.2/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,898 (+6.1% from 2016) | 3,674 (-2.4% from 2011) | 3,763 (2.7% from 2006) |
| Land area | 588.36 km2 (227.17 sq mi) | 593.75 km2 (229.25 sq mi) | 593.19 km2 (229.03 sq mi) |
| Population density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Median age | 54.4 (M: 54.0, F: 54.4) | 47.6 (M: 46.8, F: 48.5) | |
| Private dwellings | 2,320 (total) 1,739 (occupied) | 2,317 (total) | 2,226 (total) |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $54,240 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,591 | — |
| 2006 | 3,665 | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 3,763 | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 3,674 | −2.4% |
| 2021 | 3,898 | +6.1% |
| Source: Statistics Canada[1] | ||
