Renfrew
Town (lower-tier)
Town of Renfrew
Raglan Street in the centre of Renfrew
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Coordinates: 45°28′18″N 76°40′59″W / 45.47167°N 76.68306°W / 45.47167; -76.68306
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Renfrew
Incorporated	July 27, 1858
Government
• Mayor	Tom Sidney
• Reeve	Peter Emon
Area [1]
• Land	12.78 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	8,223
• Density	643.4/km2 (1,666/sq mi)
• Dwellings	4,035
• Pop. Growth (2011-2016)	0.1%
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code FSA	K7V
Area code	613 & 343
Exchanges	(432, 433, 570 exchange)
Highways	Highway 17 / TCH  Highway 60  Highway 132
Website	renfrew.ca

Renfrew is a town on the Bonnechere River in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Located one hour west of Ottawa in Eastern Ontario, Renfrew is the fourth largest town in the county after Petawawa, Pembroke and Arnprior. The town is a small transportation hub connecting Highway 60 and Highway 132 with the Trans-Canada Highway. Renfrew is also known historically for its role in the formation of the National Hockey League. It lies about 5 kilometres from the Quebec border, about 10 kilometres by road. Renfrew makes most of Canada’s hockey tape.

History

Named after Renfrewshire, Scotland, in approximately 1848,^[2] Renfrew was settled largely in part due to logging in the area in the early 19th century, where the river was used in order to drive the lumber to locations such as Ottawa. This heritage was until recently celebrated every July with the Lumber Baron Festival.

Geography

Renfrew and the surrounding Township of Horton are at the intersection of the Bonnechere River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. Renfrew is at the intersection of provincial Highway 17, Highway 60, and Highway 132.

The town of Renfrew is the second of five chutes along the Bonnechere River. The others being Castleford, Douglas, Fourth Chute and Eganville. The chutes used were for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls.

Climate

Renfrew has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with four distinct seasons, warm summers, cold snowy winters and no dry season.^[3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Renfrew had a population of 8,190 living in 3,954 of its 4,117 total private dwellings, a change of -0.4% from its 2016 population of 8,223. With a land area of 12.81 km² (4.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 639.3/km² (1,655.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[6]

First Language:^[12][1]

• English: 91.8%
• French: 4.0%
• English and French: 0.5%
• Other: 3.7%

Economy

Much of Renfrew's current prosperity can be attributed to its status as an economic centre for a surrounding rural region with a population of over 30,000. Renfrew is also an important stop for Ottawa-based cottagers and outdoor enthusiasts passing by on their way to nearby whitewater rafting, boating, camping, hunting, golfing, fishing, snowmobiling, down-hill skiing, and cross-country skiing. However, the area's largest single employers are the Renfrew Victoria Hospital and the Bonnechere Manor.^[13] In addition to numerous small employers, there are also several manufacturing facilities employing several hundred people; Scapa Tapes Renfrew (formerly Renfrew Tape) makes products such as hockey tape that is used across North America and the duct tape brand featured on the discontinued Red Green Show and promoted by Doug Gilmour in the early 1990s after becoming a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Times Fibre Canada and Madawaska Hardwood Flooring also have manufacturing facilities in town. Haley Industries located outside Renfrew near Haley Station is also a major employer in the area. Renfrew is also home to many successful small businesses. Between 2000 and 2005, a major portion of Renfrew's retail business, and the associated customer services jobs, shifted from the west-end Renfrew mall (now demolished) to its east-end industrial park near Highway 17 due to the opening of several major big-box such as No Frills and Walmart and smaller retail stores.

Residents of the area await the twinning of Highway 17 to improve traffic flow and the safety of the highway due to numerous accidents along the corridor to North Bay, Ontario.

Despite the apparent prosperity, Statistics Canada reported the average earnings of Renfrew residents in 2000 as $35,811, or roughly 31% lower than the provincial average and 5% lower than the county average.^[14] Further, the town reports, relative to the population size and compared to the province as a whole, fewer positions in management, business, finance, administration and natural or applied sciences, while there was greater than the provincial rates of occupation in sales and service, trades, transport and equipment operators, processing, manufacturing and utilities.^[14]

Education

Renfrew County Catholic District School Board

Primary Schools (Grade K-7)

• St. Thomas The Apostle Catholic School - Located at 41 Bolger Lane.
• Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School - Located at 228 Mason Avenue.

Secondary School (Grade 8-12)

• St. Joseph's Catholic High School - Located at 835 First Street.

Renfrew County District School Board

Primary Schools (Grade K-6)

• Admaston Public School - Built in 1967, this 7 classroom, 1665 square meter school is located on 3.55 hectares of land at 182 Stone Road.
• Central Public School - This 9 classroom school, built in 1960, is located at 140 Munroe Avenue East on 2.43 hectares of land and is 2813 square meters in size.
• Queen Elizabeth Public School - Located at 100 Veterans' Memorial Boulevard on 3 hectares of land, this 3169.1 square meter with 16 classrooms, was built in 1949.

Middle School (Grade 7-8)

• Renfrew Collegiate Intermediate School - Built in 1922 at 184 Bonnechere Street South, this 12,471.1 square meter building on 1.47 hectares of land shares 678 square meters, 9 classrooms, of the building with the Renfrew Collegiate Institute.

Secondary School (Grade 9-12)

• Renfrew Collegiate Institute, located 184 Bonnechere Street South, was built in 1922. On 1.47 hectares of land, this 12,471.1 square meter building shares 19 classrooms and 11,793.1 square meters of the building with the Renfrew Collegiate Intermediate School.

Notable people

• Anderson, Lorne, NHL hockey player
• Asselstine, William James, British Columbia MLA
• Brydge, Bill, NHL hockey player
• Coughlin, Ryan, CFL football player
• Courtice, Rody Kenny, Canadian teacher and painter
• Czigány, Kinga-MacAskill, Hungarian Olympic gold medalist in K-4 500m at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
• Davies, Robertson, famous Canadian writer of Fifth Business, who spent his early years (from age 5 onwards) growing up in Renfrew. His family had moved to the town from Thamesville, Ontario, and later moved to Kingston, Ontario. His novel “What’s Bred in the Bone” was based on the town.
• Davies, W.H., famous Welsh "tramp-poet"^[15]
• Fraser, Jack, NHA player.
• Hough, Christine
• Hughes, Billy, CFL player
• Kearney, Garnet, doctor
• Lindsay, "Terrible" Ted, NHL hockey player, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
• Low, Hon. Thomas A., Canadian Member of Parliament and Senator.
• McAndrew, John Alfred, Ontario MPP
• McCallum, Joseph S., Alberta MLA
• McDougall Sr., John Lorn, fur trader, grist mill operator (McDougall Mill Museum) and member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
• McNamara, William J., Alberta politician
• McVicar, Jack, NHL player.
• O'Brien, Ambrose, NHA player
• O'Brien, Andy, sports journalist
• O'Brien, M.J., businessman and Canadian Senator.
• Peplinski, Jim, NHL hockey player
• Stewart, John Alexander, Canadian MP
• Whitton, Charlotte, later mayor of Ottawa, Ontario
• Williams, John Ralston, physician

Festivals

• Renfrew was the annual host and sponsor of the Ottawa Valley Lumber Baron Festival, a celebration of the town's roots in the logging industry. The Lumber Baron Festival is now known as Valleyfest, dropping its historical roots.
• The Renfrew Fair has been drawing mixed crowds for decades with its mid-way rides, exhibits, demolition derby, musical acts and livestock showcase. The fair takes place on the second weekend of every September and lasts from Wednesday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. The rides are supplied by the company Bungsey Shows.
• There is a nearby Blue Grass music festival that takes place every year in the middle of July.
• In 2008, Renfrew celebrated its sesquicentennial throughout the calendar year.

Landmarks

Low Square

Low Square is located at the corner of Raglan Street and Railway Avenue in downtown Renfrew. The square is a park setting containing the cenotaph, and the Town Hall. In 1918, with approval of Council, and at his own expense, the Honourable Thomas Low donated and landscaped the property as a gift to the town for the purpose of constructing a cenotaph to honour local soldiers who died in The Great War, but he died before it was unveiled. The Renfrew Police station (later the OPP detachment) was built as a small brown brick building on the back of the square in 1972, replacing the station directly to the south of it. A new town hall was constructed as an addition to the police station, in the 1980s, with municipal offices moving from the old Temperance Hall building directly across the street. In February 2017, the full building became town hall offices and Ontario Court of Justice offices when the police moved to a new location at 450 O'Brien Road. The name of Tom Low lives on in the Park he landscaped, which A.A. Wright declared "from this time on and for all time to be known as Low Square”.

McDougall Mill Museum

John Lorn McDougall, politician and fur trader, built the mill in 1855 by the Bonnechere River near the town landmark Swinging Bridge and overlooking natural rapids below the Renfrew Power Generation generating station. It has been converted into a museum, sometimes referred to as 'Renfrew Museum', not to be confused with museums of that name in Pennsylvania and Scotland. The McDougall Mill Museum houses pioneer tools and machinery, a military section, a doll exhibit, as well as toys, Victorian clothing and household items.^[16]

Swinging Bridge

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