Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. The population of Peterborough was 83,651 in 2021. The mayor of Peterborough is Jeff Leal. Adam Scott, a settler, began construction of a sawmill and gristmill on the west shore of the Otonabee River and established the area as Scott's Plains. In 1822, the British Parliament approved an experimental emigration plan which would transport poor Irish families to Upper Canada. The scheme was managed by Peter Robinson, who was at the time a politician in York (present-day Toronto). The area of Scott's Plains was renamed Peterborough in Robinson's honour. During 1850, Peterborough was incorporated as a town and grew to a population of 2,191. The town of Peterborough later grew into a city on July 1, 1905.[4]
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| Coordinates: 44°18′04″N 78°20′00″W / 44.30111°N 78.33333°W[1]Coordinates: 44°18′04″N 78°20′00″W / 44.30111°N 78.33333°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | Peterborough |
| Established | 1819: Scott's Plains |
| Incorporated as town | 1850: Peterborough |
| Incorporated as city | July 1, 1905 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Peterborough City Council |
| • Mayor | Jeff Leal |
| • MP | Michelle Ferreri (CPC) |
| • MPP | Dave Smith (OPCP) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 64.76 km2 (25.00 sq mi) |
| • Water | 12.67 km2 (4.89 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 54.58 km2 (21.07 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,508.44 km2 (582.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 195 m (640 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • City (single-tier) | 83,651 (72nd) |
| • Density | 1,291.8/km2 (3,346/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 84,793 |
| • Urban density | 1,553.7/km2 (4,024/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 128,624 (32nd) |
| • Metro density | 85.3/km2 (221/sq mi) |
| Gross Metropolitan Product | |
| • Peterborough CMA | CA$4.9 billion (2020)[3] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code span | K9H, K9J, K9K, K9L |
| Highways | Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). Highway 115 |
| Website | www |
Media
Peterborough, Ontario Media
Cox Terrace on Rubidge Street, built in 1884 and declared a National Historic Site of Canada in 1991
The Peterborough Lift Lock, constructed in 1904
Interior of Peterborough Square
Canada Canoe Museum
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Trans Canada Trail in Peterborough, Ontario, February 3, 2007. Photographer: Wiki-producer
Peterborough's main library
Interior of the Peterborough Memorial Centre before the 2003 renovations
References
- ↑ Template:Cite cgndb
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Peterborough, City (CY) [Census subdivision], Ontario;Peterborough [Population centre], Ontario;Peterborough [Census metropolitan area], Ontario". Census Profile, Canada 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ↑ "Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada.
- ↑ "Peterborough Museum & Archives, A History of Peterborough's Canoe Industry". Peterboroughmuseumandarchives.ca. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
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