Fauquier-Strickland, Ontario

Fauquier-Strickland is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Cochrane District. The township had a population of 678 in the Canada 2001 Census. The three main communities in the township are Fauquier, Strickland, and Gregoires Mill. All are located along Highway 11 between Departure Lake and Moonbeam.

The township was first incorporated on December 24, 1921, as Shackleton and Machin, the names of the two former geographic townships that comprise its territory. It adopted its current name in 1984, renaming itself for its two largest communities.

Fauquier is located along the Groundhog River. The main community landmark is a roadside statue of a groundhog.

Reeves

• Pierre Guèvremont (1922–1929)
• J. Anaclet Habel (1930–1931)
• Ph. Filion (1932)
• Napoléon Gravel (1933–1945)
• J. Émile Jacques (1946–1948)
• Raoul Tremblay (1949–1955)
• J. Antoine Laferrière (1956–1964, 1969–1972)
• Edmond Gauthier (1965)
• Laurent Dufour (1966–1968)
• Raymond Grzela (1972–2003)
• Jacques Demers (2003–2006)
• Madeleine Tremblay (2006–present)

Demographics

Population:^[2]

• Population in 2006: 568
  • 2001 to 2006 population change: -16.2 %
• Population in 2001: 678
• Population in 1996: 684 (or 747 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
• Population in 1991: 746

Private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 257 (total: 368)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 17.5 %
• French as first language: 78.1 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 4.4 %

References

External links

• Township of Fauquier-Strickland