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Alnwick/Haldimand
The township between the lakes, with Lake Ontario to the south and Rice Lake to the north.
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Why people move here
Known as the Township between the Lakes, it sits between Lake Ontario and Rice Lake, with hamlets including Grafton, Roseneath, Centreton and Fenella.
Room to spread out
About 7,500 people live across 398 square kilometres, around 19 people per square kilometre in 2021.
Heritage
Grafton holds buildings from the early 1800s, including Barnum House, dating to 1819.
Alnwick/Haldimand keeps growing.
How many people call Alnwick/Haldimand home, and how fast that number is rising.
Census check: Alnwick/Haldimand counted 6,869 people in the 2016 census and 7,473 in 2021. A seasonal cottage population of roughly 1,500 people is also reported each year.
Census counts: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, as published in Wikipedia: Alnwick/Haldimand. Canada's 2026 census results are not out until 2027.
How Alnwick/Haldimand became Alnwick/Haldimand.
From the first settlers to today, the moments that shaped the town.
Where the name comes from
Alnwick Township was surveyed in 1795 and named for Alnwick in Northumberland, England.
Two townships become one
Alnwick and Haldimand townships were amalgamated by an order that received Royal assent on June 9, 1999.
Alnwick Township is surveyed, with 24 lots laid out on the first concession.
Alderville First Nation, an Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) community within the township's boundaries, is established in the area.
The first township council meeting is held at Alderville School.
The township building is built in Grafton. Before that, councils met in taverns and homes.
Alnwick and Haldimand townships amalgamate into one township.
History summarized from Wikipedia: Alnwick/Haldimand and the township's 2018 Parks Plan. Wikipedia text is available under CC BY-SA.
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