This guide covers home service information for communities across Renfrew County and the surrounding region of Eastern Ontario. Each area page provides local context — housing stock, geology, water sources, climate considerations — alongside information on trades and government programs relevant to homeowners in that community.
Coverage includes Renfrew County municipalities as well as adjacent communities in neighbouring counties that share the same service area.
Renfrew County Communities
Pembroke
County seat, population ~14,000. Ottawa River location. All major home services. Older housing stock with significant upgrade opportunities.
Petawawa
~17,000 population including CFB Petawawa. High property turnover. Mix of urban and rural, many properties on private well and septic.
Renfrew
~8,000 population. Bonnechere River. Historic downtown with older housing stock. Named for the county — an important regional centre.
Arnprior
~10,000 population at the Madawaska–Ottawa River confluence. Growing Ottawa bedroom community. Mix of heritage homes and new builds.
Deep River
~4,000 population in northern Renfrew County. Canadian Shield geology. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories nearby. Extreme winters.
Cobden
Village of ~1,000 in Whitewater Region. Agricultural community. Almost entirely on private wells and septic.
Eganville
Village of ~1,400 in Bonnechere Valley. Bonnechere River and Caves. Rural Ottawa Valley with private wells and septic.
Adjacent Communities
These communities are in neighbouring counties but share the same natural service area and trade contractor market as Renfrew County.
Smiths Falls
~9,000 population in Lanark County on the Rideau Canal. Historic industrial town. Older brick housing stock.
Bancroft
~4,000 population in Hastings County. "Mineral Capital of Canada." Deep Canadian Shield wells. Very rural character.
Hawkesbury
~10,000 population in Prescott-Russell. Bilingual community on the Ottawa River at the Ontario–Quebec border.