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Peterborough County
County (upper-tier)
County of Peterborough
Lower Buckhorn Lake
Location of Peterborough County
Coordinates: 44°30′N 78°10′W / 44.500°N 78.167°W / 44.500; -78.167
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Central Ontario
Founded	1838 (as District of Colborne)
County seat	Peterborough
Municipalities	List Asphodel-Norwood Cavan-Monaghan Douro-Dummer Havelock-Belmont-Methuen North Kawartha Otonabee-South Monaghan Selwyn Trent Lakes
Area
• Land	3,714.71 km (1,434.26 sq mi)
• Census division	3,779.47 km (1,459.26 sq mi)
	Land area excludes Peterborough
Population
• Total	64,030
• Density	17.2/km (45/sq mi)
• Census division	147,681
• Census division density	39.1/km (101/sq mi)
	Total excludes Peterborough
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Website	www.county.peterborough.on.ca

Peterborough County is a county and census division located in Southern Ontario, Canada. The county seat is The City of Peterborough, which is independent of the county.

The southern section of the county is mix of agriculture, urban and lakefront properties. The northern section of the county is mostly sparsely populated wilderness with numerous rivers and lakes, mostly within Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park.

The County contains the Kawarthas which is a major tourist region.

History

Origins and evolution

In 1615, Samuel de Champlain was one of the first western explorers who traveled through the area, coming down from Lake Chemong and portaging down a trail, which is approximated by present-day Chemong Road, to the Otonabee River and stayed for a brief time near the present-day site of Bridgenorth, just north of Peterborough.

The area was initially part of Northumberland County, which was formed by proclamation of the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe in 1792, and defined by statute in 1798. In 1802, Northumberland was included in the Newcastle District. In 1841, the northern part of the District was detached to form the Colborne District, with the northern portion of Northumberland county made into the new County of Peterborough. It consisted of the following territory:

The county was named in honor of Col. Peter Robinson, who in 1825 brought 2,000 settlers from Ireland. The route taken was by way of Port Hope, Rice Lake and the Otonabee River, the same route used by the first settlers that entered this region in 1818.

The centre of the County was originally the courthouse, which is still considered an important historical site.

In 1851, Peterborough County was divided into the counties of Peterborough and Victoria, which were united for municipal purposes as the United Counties of Peterborough and Victoria.

A plebiscite was authorized in 1856 to facilitate the creation of a provisional county council for Victoria, but, as the united counties council delayed conducting it, a further Act was passed in 1861 to compel its being held, following which the provisional council was formed. and its formal separation took place in 1863.

Further townships were surveyed, thus extending the reach of the County northwards. In 1874, the townships of Bruton, Cardiff, Dysart, Dudley, Glamorgan, Guilford, Harburn, Harcourt, Minden, Monmouth, Snowden and Stanhope were withdrawn from the County and transferred to the new Provisional County of Haliburton.

After the transfer of the northern townships to Haliburton, the remainder of the County consisted of the following:

The Town of Peterborough became a City in 1905, and was subsequently withdrawn from the County for municipal purposes.

In 1974, as a result of the creation of the Regional Municipality of Durham, the township of Cavan and the village of Millbrook were withdrawn from Durham County, and the township of South Monaghan was withdrawn from Northumberland County, to be transferred to Peterborough County.

Current municipalities

As a consequence of the Common Sense Revolution in Ontario, the County was restructured into the following municipalities during the period 1997-2004:

• Township of Asphodel-Norwood
• Township of Cavan-Monaghan
• Township of Douro-Dummer
• Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen
• Township of North Kawartha
• Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan
• Township of Selwyn
• Municipality (Township) of Trent Lakes

Two First Nations reserves are independent of county administration:

• Curve Lake First Nation 35
• Hiawatha First Nation

Demographics

Major places

Cities

• Peterborough, Ontario

Towns/Villages

• Buckhorn, Ontario
• Lakefield, Ontario
• Norwood, Ontario
• Havelock, Ontario
• Douro, Ontario
• Apsley, Ontario
• Millbrook, Ontario
• Bridgenorth, Ontario

Media

In 1994, the Connection newspaper (previously known as Causeway Connection) established in Selwyn in central Peterborough County. The free monthly cottage country newspaper is distributed by mail, providing non-partisan news and information. The Connection is expanding both its distribution areas and internet presence.

See also

• List of municipalities in Ontario
• List of townships in Ontario
• List of secondary schools in Ontario#Peterborough County

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

1. ^ "Peterborough, County (CTY) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
2. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
3. "Peterborough and the Kawarthas". Trent University. September 26, 2008. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
4. Proclamation, Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, July 16, 1792; reprinted in Statutes of the Province of Upper Canada; Together with Such British Statutes, Ordinances of Quebec, and Proclamations, as Relate to the Said Province (Kingston: F. M. Hill, 1831), p. 24.
5. An act for the better division of this province, SUC 1798 (38 Geo. III), c. 5, s. 19. Reprinted in The Statutes of Upper Canada to the Time of Union, Revised and Published by Authority, Vol. I - Public Acts (Toronto: Robert Stanton, Queen's Printer, 1843).
6. An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in the District of Newcastle, S.U.C. 1802, c. 2
7. An Act to authorize the Erection of certain Townships, and other territory heretofore forming part of the Newcastle District, into a new District, by the name of the District of Colborne, with Peterborough for the District Town, S.U.C. 1837, c. 115 , implemented by the Proclamation of October 14, 1841
8. 1837 Act, s. 1
9. An Act to make certain alterations in the Territorial Divisions of Upper Canada, S.C. 1851, c. 5, Sch. A-B
10. An Act to provide for the separation of the County of Victoria from the County of Peterborough, and to fix the County Town at Lindsay, S.Prov.C. 1856, c. 95
11. An Act to amend the Act to provide for the separation of the County of Victoria from the County of Peterborough, and to fix the County Town at Lindsay, S.Prov.C. 1861, c. 50
12. An Act to confirm the separation of the late United Counties of Peterborough and Victoria, and the several proceedings taken relative thereto, S.Prov.C. 1863, c. 10
13. An Act to incorporate the Municipality of Haliburton, and to provide for its becoming a Provisional County, S.O. 1874, c. 65
14. Middletown, Jesse Edgar; Landon, Fred (1927). Province of Ontario: A History 1615 to 1927. Toronto: Dominion Publishing Company.
15. An Act respecting the Town of Peterborough, S.O. 1905, c. 67
16. The Regional Municipality of Durham Act, 1973, S.O. 1973, c. 78, s. 134(3)
17. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
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22. "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada: 76, 139. July 1973.
23. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
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External links

• Official website

v t e Places adjacent to Peterborough County
Haliburton County Kawartha Lakes (single-tier city) Peterborough County Hastings County Durham Regional Municipality Northumberland County

• Peterborough County
• Counties in Ontario