It is located on the shores of the eastern channel of the Ottawa River at Calumet Island.

Litchfield Township (spelled "Licthfield" on the Gale and Duberger map of 1795) was officially created in 1834.

It was probably named after Lichfield, an English town in Staffordshire, north of Birmingham.

[5] In 1863, the Municipality of Portage-du-Fort Village separated from Litchfield's territory,[6] followed by Bryson in 1873, and by Campbell's Bay in 1904.

[5] Mother tongue (2021):[3] List of former mayors: Media related to Litchfield, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons