South Frontenac, Ontario
South Frontenac is a township in Frontenac County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It was amalgamated in 1998 from the former townships of Bedford, Loughborough, Portland, and Storrington.Communities
South Frontenac, along with Central Frontenac, North Frontenac and the Frontenac Islands, send students to schools part of the Limestone District School Board, based in neighboring Kingston.Demographics
According to the Canada 2006 Census:
- Mother tongue:
- * English as first language: 94.5%
- * French as first language: 1.5%
- * English and French as first language: 0.1%
- * Other as first language: 3.9%
Populations prior to amalgamation :
- Population in 1996: 15,711
- * Bedford : 1,112
- * Loughborough : 5,046
- * Portland : 5,085
- * Storrington : 4,468
- Population in 1991:
- * Bedford : 927
- * Loughborough : 4,489
- * Portland : 4,734
- * Storrington : 3,940
- John Babcock, the last Canadian World War I veteran, was born in South Frontenac.
