West Carleton is a historic township

Township (Canada)

The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems no town needs to be involved. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within the county...

 in Eastern

Eastern Ontario

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 Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located in the rural parts of the new City of Ottawa

Ottawa

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, west of Kanata

Kanata, Ontario

Situated in the Ottawa Valley, Kanata is located about west-southwest of Downtown Ottawa along Highway 417 at a latitude of 45°18' North and a longitude of 75°55' West, with an area of . Its northern end is just to the west of the Ottawa River....

. Its northern boundary is the Ottawa River

Ottawa River

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.

The township was created in 1974 with the amalgamation of three townships: Torbolton

Torbolton Township, Ontario

Torbolton is a geographic township and former municipality that was originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada.Torbolton is located in the north-western part of the county, bordered to the southwest by Fitzroy Township, to the southeast by March Township and to the north by the...

, Fitzroy

Fitzroy Township, Ontario

Fitzroy is an historic township originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada.Fitzroy was located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northeast by Torbolton Township, to the southeast by Huntley Township, to the southwest by Pakenham Township and to the northwest by...

, and Huntley

Huntley Township, Ontario

Huntley is an historic township originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada.Huntley was located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northwest by Fitzroy Township, to the northeast by March Township, to the southwest by Ramsay Township and to the southeast by...

. In 2001 it was amalgamated with the other ten municipalities in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton

Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton

The Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton was a regional government area and census division in Ontario, Canada which existed from 1969 until 2001...

 to form the new city of Ottawa.

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Canada 2001 Census

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:

• Population: 17,267
• % Change (1996–2001): 4.4
• Dwellings: 6,602
• Area (km²): 623.47
• Density (persons per km²): 27.7

The population of West Carleton has increased to 18,520 as of the 2006 census.

Mayors

• 1974-1977 Donald B. Munro
• 1978-1982 Frank Marchington
• 19??-1990 Eric Craig
• 1991-1994 Roland Armitage
• 1995-2001 Dwight Eastman
  Dwight Eastman
  Dwight Eastman was the last mayor of West Carleton Township before it was amalgamated into the new City of Ottawa.Eastman served as mayor of West Carleton from 1995 until 2001. He was elected in the 2000 Ottawa election as city councillor representing the new West Carleton Ward...