Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in Ontario, Canada, about 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. According to the 2021 Census, the population of the City of Peterborough was 83,651. The population of the Peterborough Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), which includes the surrounding Townships of Selwyn, Cavan Monaghan, Otonabee-South Monaghan, and Douro-Dummer, was 128,624 in 2021. In 2021, Peterborough ranked 32nd among the country's 41 census metropolitan areas according to the CMA in Canada. The current mayor of Peterborough is Jeff Leal.
Peterborough City Hall
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
Trans Canada Trail
The Otonabee River is a river in Peterborough County in Central Ontario, Canada. The river flows from Katchewanooka Lake, at the north end of the community of Lakefield, through the city of Peterborough to Rice Lake. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
The Otonabee River in Peterborough, Ontario
A view across the Otonabee river in Peterborough, Ontario, showing a part of the campus of Trent University. The Faryon bridge is to the right.
Another view of the Faryon Bridge (reverse angle from previous), connecting the east and west banks of the Otonabee River
Otonabee River as it flows past Peterborough County Road 32
