Carleton is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and lasted until provincial redistribution in 1996. In the 1999 provincial election it was redistributed into NepeanâÂÂCarleton and LanarkâÂÂCarleton. In 2007 it was abolished into CarletonâÂÂMississippi Mills and LanarkâÂÂFrontenacâÂÂLennox and Addington.
In 2018 it was re-created as the riding of Carleton from parts of NepeanâÂÂCarleton, CarletonâÂÂMississippi Mills and Ottawa South.
For the last three elections when Carleton existed (1987, 1990 and 1995) the riding included the municipalities of West Carleton Township, Goulbourn Township, Rideau Township, Osgoode Township and the city of Kanata. It was abolished in 1999 into NepeanâÂÂCarleton and LanarkâÂÂCarleton. The riding was re-created by the 2012 electoral redistribution from parts of NepeanâÂÂCarleton (59%), CarletonâÂÂMississippi Mills (41%) and a small portion of Ottawa South.
Consisting of West Carleton, Kanata, Goulbourn, Rideau and Osgoode.
From 1975 to 1987, the riding consisted of the former townships of Nepean and March. After 1987, only the parts of the riding in Kanata were transferred into the new riding of Carleton.