Osgoode Township, Ontario
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Osgoode Township is currently a part of the city of Ottawa, Canada. For many years, it was an independent township in Carleton County but was amalgamated with the city in 2001. It encompassed the same area that is now Osgoode Ward. The township along the Rideau River was established in 1798 and incorporated in 1850. It remains a largely rural area with only some 17,000 inhabitants. On Ottawa city council it is represented by its former mayor Doug Thompson.
Several branches of the Castor River, a tributary of the South Nation River, flow through the township.
The township took its name from William Osgoode. the first Chief Justice of Upper Canada.
Reeves
- 1850 - Arthur Allen
- 1855 - John Dow
- 1857 - John C. Bower
- 1858 - John Dow
- 1871 - Alexander McEwen
- 1873 - Ira Morgan
- 1876 - Adam J. Baker
- 1879 - Ira Morgan
- 1883 - W.F. Campbell
- 1884 - Ira Morgan
- 1892 - James Whiteside
- 1893 - Allan P. McDonell
- 1900 - James Simpson
- 1904 - Thomas James
- 1907 - Alex Dow
- 1918 - Duncan McDiarmid
- 1922 - S.J. Loney
- 1926 - J.H. Nixon
- 1934 - George S. Lewis
- 1948 - Dr. A. W. Taylor
- 1950 - John E. Boland
- 1958 - Dr. A. W. Taylor
Mayors
Demographics
According to the Canada 2001 Census:
- Population: 17,607
- % Change (1996-2001): 10.7
- Dwellings: 5,987
- Area (km²): 379.86
- Density (persons per km²): 46.4
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