Peterborough, Ontario
city in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peterborough is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. The population of Peterborough was 45,965 in 2006. The mayor of Peterborough is Bob Kilger. 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.[1]
City of Peterborough | |
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 Peterborough, Ontario | |
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| Motto(s): Dat natura, elaborant artes (Nature Provides, Industry Develops) | |
  City of Peterborough | |
| Coordinates: 44°18′N 78°19′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Founded | 1819 (Scott's Plains) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Daryl Bennett |
| • MP | Dean Del Mastro (CPC) |
| Area | |
| • City | 61.83 km2 (23.87 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 508.98 km2 (196.52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 195 m (640 ft) |
| Population (March 2018) | |
| • City | 82,020 |
| • Density | 1,282.6/km2 (3,322/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 76,925 |
| • Urban density | 1,086.2/km2 (2,813/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 116,570 |
| • Metro density | 77.42/km2 (200.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal code span | K9H, K9J, K9K, K9L |
| Area code(s) | 705 219 |
| Website | City of Peterborough Website |
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