Pittsburgh is a former incorporated and now geographic township in Ontario, Canada. Located within Frontenac County, it was surveyed in 1787–1788 and named for William Pitt the Younger, the British prime minister. It was incorporated on January 1, 1850. The township was amalgamated into the city of Kingston effective January 1, 1998. The community still retains the name "Pittsburgh" within the government of Kingston.

Pittsburgh Township is home to Fort Henry, Canadian Forces Base Kingston, the Royal Military College of Canada and the historic community of Barriefield, Ontario. It includes the east side of the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal at Kingston Mills (site of the Shafia family murders), hosts a handful of motels serving Ontario Highway 15 and former Ontario Highway 2, a federal prison (Pittsburgh and Joyceville Institutions in Joyceville, Ontario) and three museums (Military Communications and Electronics Museum, RMC Museum and MacLachlan Woodworking Museum).

Pittsburgh Township, separated from Kingston by the Cataraqui River, is linked to the downtown by the La Salle Causeway. The Waaban Crossing, located between the La Salle Causeway and Highway 401, opened in 2022.The Bridge - Third Crossing - City of Kingston

Former reeves John Marks 1850–1854 Samuel Rees 1855–1857 John Ruttan 1858 Alexander McArthur 1859–1860 Hugh McCaugherty 1861–1862 James Hutton 1863 William Ferguson Jr. 1864 Martin Strachan 1865–1870, 1876–1879 Peter Graham (W) 1871–1875 Thomas Stark 1880–1881 Richard Patterson 1882–1884 Richard Anglin 1885 Michael Graves 1886 William Hutton 1887–1888, 1890 David Trotter 1889 Thompson Whitney 1891–1893 William Toner 1894 John Kane 1895–1896 John Bennett 1897–1898 Robert McAlpin 1899 Daniel C. McLean 1900 Daniel McLean 1901–1902 Thomas Maxwell 1903 James Greenlee 1904 John McFarlane 1905–1906 William Franklin (W) 1907–1908, 1912–1917 Thomas Spence 1909 James Gordon 1910 David Rogers 1911 George Maitland 1918–1920 John Sibbit (W) 1921–1926, 1932–1938 Alfred Franklin 1927–1928, 1931 William Atkinson 1929–1930 John McMaster (W) 1939–1943 Wilson Franklin 1944–1945 Colin Woods (W) 1946–1950 Robert Wilson 1951–1953 Earl Shepard (W) 1954–1958 Eric Pearson (W) 1959–1966 Hugh Wilson 1967–1968 Wilmer Nuttal (W) 1969–1971 Donald Hunter 1972 Edward Swayne (W) 1973–1980 Hans Westenberg 1981–1982 Vincent Maloney 1983–1985 Cameron English (W) 1986–1988 Barry Gordon 1989–1994 Carl Holmberg 1995–1997

See also List of townships in Ontario

References

External links Canada National Atlas Pittsburg listing