| Leeds Grenville | |
| Official Name: | United Counties of Leeds and Grenville |
| Settlement Type: | County (upper-tier) |
| Seal Size: | 100px |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Coordinates: | 44.8333°N -115°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Established Title: | Formed |
| Established Date: | 1 January 1850 |
| Parts Type: | Municipalities |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Blank1 Km2: | 3,355.61 |
| Area Note: | Land area excludes Brockville, Gananoque, and Prescott |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 104,070 |
| Population Density Blank1 Km2: | 31.0 |
| Population Note: | Total excludes Brockville, Gananoque, and Prescott |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville, is a county and census division in Ontario, Canada, in the Eastern Ontario subregion of Southern Ontario. It fronts on the St. Lawrence River and the international boundary between Canada and the United States, opposite of the State of New York. The county seat is Brockville. The county was formed by the union of the historical counties of Leeds and Grenville in 1850.
There are 10 municipalities in Leeds and Grenville (in order of population):
The city of Brockville and towns of Gananoque and Prescott are part of the Leeds and Grenville census division but are independent of the county.
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 3355.61km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
William Buell granted the land for construction of the courthouse. It is set atop a hill rising from the Saint Lawrence River. A broad boulevard extends to the main street. The Brockville Courthouse, one of the oldest in Ontario, was erected in 1842. The original plan had been to build a courthouse in the township of Johnstown but the land there was too swampy for construction. Instead, the Courthouse was built in the township of Elizabethtown.
The figure of Justice, a blind-folded woman holding the scales of justice, was carved by master carpenter William Holmes in 1844. This statue was named "Sally Grant" by Paul Glasford, the chair of the building committee, in honour of the woman who posed as the model. It was erected in 1845. However, the statue was damaged by Hurricane Hazel and by 1956, the statue was rotting. The original statue is on display at the Westport museum. A replica carved by Robert Kerr of Smiths Falls was placed atop the Courthouse in 1982.
See also: List of numbered roads in Leeds and Grenville United Counties.
Major highways:
The town of Smiths Falls is mostly located in Lanark County, while parts of the southern areas of the town are in the township of Rideau Lakes in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.