{
 "title": "Almonte, Mississippi Mills: neighbourhood factsheet",
 "name": "Almonte",
 "slug": "almonte",
 "summary": "Almonte is a former mill town on the Mississippi River in the Municipality of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, west of Ottawa. Sawmills, gristmills and later woollen manufacturing shaped its growth. Daily services include Almonte General Hospital on Spring Street and the library on High Street. The Riverwalk follows the river through the historic centre. By car, downtown Ottawa (Parliament Hill) is about 52.3 km away, roughly 45 minutes in free-flowing traffic (OSRM estimate).",
 "centre": [
  45.226049,
  -76.1945277
 ],
 "boundaries": "This guide covers the built-up town of Almonte around the Mississippi River and historic downtown within Mississippi Mills. The municipality’s Official Plan mapping and approved amendments define the urban settlement limits; a verified street-by-street perimeter was not established in this research. Definitions vary between the planning settlement, census population centre and everyday use of the name Almonte.",
 "boundaries_source": [
  "https://www.mississippimills.ca/build-and-invest/development-services-and-engineering-department/planning-and-land-use/official-plan/",
  "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/312098369"
 ],
 "housing": "A 2025 municipal housing study describes detached houses, semi-detached houses, townhouses and smaller and larger apartment buildings, with detached housing prominent. The historic downtown district contains buildings predominantly from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; that age description does not apply to the whole town.",
 "housing_source": [
  "https://www.mississippimills.ca/media/1lahbk2p/20250516-almonte-final-report.pdf"
 ],
 "facts": [
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Population — Almonte census population centre",
   "value": "6,098 residents",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?geocode=S05100075&pid=9810001101"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Total private dwellings — Almonte census population centre",
   "value": "2,810",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?geocode=S05100075&pid=9810001101"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Private dwellings occupied by usual residents — Almonte census population centre",
   "value": "2,728",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?geocode=S05100075&pid=9810001101"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Land area — Almonte census population centre",
   "value": "4.16 km²",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?geocode=S05100075&pid=9810001101"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Schools inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 5,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://almonte.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Parks & places inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 20,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://almonte.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Shops & restaurants inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 13,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://almonte.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "community_associations": [
  "Almonte Community Co-ordinators",
  "Almonte Civitan Club",
  "Friends of the Mississippi Mills Public Library"
 ],
 "page": "https://almonte.homes/neighbourhoods/almonte/",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for this compilation (credit almonte.homes). Census figures: Statistics Canada 2021 Census via the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Walk times and counts are derived from OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0).",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "generated": "2026-10-30"
}