Battersea is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the township of South Frontenac, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Kingston.

Henry Van Luven, a veteran of the Battle of Lundy's Lane, was the founder of the village of Battersea in 1840 when he bought 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) of crown land at the time of the development of the Rideau Canal.

Originally called Van Luven's Mills, then Rockland, the post office requested it be renamed to avoid confusion with a similarly named city elsewhere in the province.

Henry built the stone mill in Battersea which was later owned and operated by the Anglin family.

[2] In the fall of 2017, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held during the Battersea Pumpkin Festival to commemorate the new play structures that had been recently installed at the local park.