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Peterborough (/ ˈ p iː t ər b ʌr oʊ / PEE-tər-burr-oh) is a city on the Otonabee River in Ontario, Canada, about 125 kilometres (78 miles) northeast of Toronto.According to the 2021 Census, the population of the City of Peterborough was 83,651. [4]
As of the 2021 census, Peterborough had a population of 192,178, [2] while the population of the district was 215,673. [3] Human settlement in the area began before the Bronze Age, as can be seen at the Flag Fen archaeological site to the east of the city centre. There is evidence of Roman occupation.
This is a list of the census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada by population, using data from the 2021 Canadian census and the 2016 Canadian census. [1] Each entry is identified as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) as defined by Statistics Canada.
Prior to 2003, Ontario had minimum population thresholds of 15,000 and 25,000 for city status. Minimum population thresholds are no longer necessary for a municipality to brand itself as a city. Ontario has 52 cities, [ 1 ] which together had in 2016 a cumulative population of 9,900,179 and average population of 190,388. [ 2 ]
Peterborough—Kawartha is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. Prior to the 2015 election , the riding was known as Peterborough .
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 population of the district was 202,259 making it the second-largest district by population in East Anglia (after East Suffolk). Most of the contemporary district was formerly part of the Soke of Peterborough, a liberty within the historic county of Northamptonshire.
A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a type of census unit which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km 2. [1]