Alfred and Plantagenet

Alfred and Plantagenet is a Franco-Ontarian township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. Located approximately 70 km from downtown Ottawa at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the South Nation River.

The township was formed on January 1, 1997, through the amalgamation of Alfred Township, Alfred Village, North Plantagenet Township, and Plantagenet Village.

Plantagenet is named after the House of Plantagenet, the royal house established by King Henry II. Settled in 1811-12. Post office from 1838.

Near the town of Alfred, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has designated the Alfred Bog as "a provincially significant wetland and an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest." Species of interest include the palm warbler, northern pitcher-plant, pink lady's-slipper, cottongrass, bog elfin and bog copper butterflies, and ebony boghaunter dragonfly. It also hosts one of the most southerly herds of moose. The bog is open to the public with a 272 m boardwalk for nature walks.

University of Guelph-Ontario Agricultural College's Alfred College was located here until 2015.

Communities
The township comprises the communities of Alfred, Alfred Station, Blue Corners, Centrefield, Coin Gratton, Curran, Glenburn, Jessups Falls, Lefaivre, Pendleton, Plantagenet, Plantagenet Station, Rockdale, Senecal, The Rollway, Treadwell, Wendover, and Westminster. The township administrative offices are located in Plantagenet.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alfred and Plantagenet had a population of $9,949$ living in $4,080$ of its $4,297$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $9,680$. With a land area of 391.79 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.