Carleton County, Ontario


Carleton County is the name of a historic county in Ontario, Canada. In 1969, it was superseded by the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton. In 2001, the Regional Municipality and its eleven local municipalities were replaced by the current City of Ottawa.

History

Upon the creation of the Johnston District in 1800, Carleton County, named after Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, was created from portions of Dundas and Grenville counties, comprising the following territory:
In 1824, upon the creation of Bathurst District, Carleton was withdrawn from Johnstown District and divided into two counties, so that its constituent townships were distributed as follows:
In 1838, Carleton was withdrawn from Bathurst District to form Dalhousie District, its judicial seat at Bytown, with the following territorial adjustments:
  1. Pakenham township was transferred to the new Renfrew County
  2. North Gower and Marlborough townships were added from Johnstown District
  3. Gloucester and Osgoode townships were added from Ottawa District
Effective January 1, 1850, as a consequence of the passage of the Baldwin Act, Dalhousie District was abolished, and Carleton replaced it for municipal and judicial purposes. It consisted of the following townships:

Chronology