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.

Amalgamation
Politically, the County of Frontenac is an upper tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. While a traditional Ontario county prior to 1998, it was abolished as part of municipal restructuring and amalgamations, and replaced by a management unit with limited powers, known as the Frontenac Management Board. The management unit became a county again in 2003. The county offers a range of services including the Frontenac Paramedic Service, Fairmount Home, Howe Island Ferry, and other government services such as economic development, planning, administration and finance.

County Council includes two representatives from each township. The mayor of South Frontenac receives an additional vote, making it an eight member, nine vote council.

Subdivisions
The county is the upper-tier level of government for the following municipalities:


 * Township of North Frontenac
 * Township of Central Frontenac
 * Township of South Frontenac
 * Township of Frontenac Islands

The City of Kingston is within the Frontenac geographic area and part of the Frontenac census division, but is separated from county administration.

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:
 * Population in 2001: 138,606
 * Population in 1996: 136,365

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:


 * Land area: 3336.62 km2
 * Population (2011): 26,375
 * Density: 7.9 /km2