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Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada



 


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Peterborough (/'pi?t?rb?ro?/ PEE-t?r-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] 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.[5] 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.[6]



Peterborough is known as the gateway to the Kawarthas, "cottage country", a large recreational region of the province. It is named in honour of Peter Robinson, an early Canadian politician who oversaw the first major immigration to the area. The city is the seat of Peterborough County.[7]



Peterborough's nickname in the distant past was "The Electric City" as it was the first town in Canada to use electric streetlights.[8] It also underscores the historical and present-day importance of technology and manufacturing as an economic base of the city, which has operations from large multi-national companies such as Siemens, Rolls-Royce Limited, General Electric, and more local businesses such as Merit Precision Ltd., Dynacast and Bryston. Electricity was one of the reasons Quaker Oats moved to the city, and as part of PepsiCo remains a major fixture in the downtown area. However, over the years the number of major manufacturing plants has declined, and General Electric closed its last remaining facility in 2018.[9] As a result, employment has been shifting toward the service industries and tourism is now the leading industry in the area.

Latitude: 000000, Longitude: -78.333333


Birth

Matches 1 to 11 of 11

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 Burnside, Thomas William  17 Dec 1942Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I18684
2 Finseth, Annie Provan  30 Sep 1903Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I34517
3 Hall, Martha Louise  11 Jan 1915Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I32818
4 Kinnee, Russell Austin  5 Sep 1891Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I34197
5 Laws, Peter Symes  10 Dec 1874Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I20155
6 Lech  5 Jul 1910Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I29652
7 Lech, William Edward  29 Dec 1862Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I7717
8 Proud, Helen Isabelle  14 Oct 1927Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I40815
9 Stewart, Frances Mary  18 Apr 1868Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I22601
10 Turner, Laura Mae  13 Jul 1889Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I12808
11 Walsh, Rose Elizabeth  1 Nov 1907Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I40816

Death

Matches 1 to 34 of 34

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1 Aitken, Dorothy Margaret  9 Nov 2009Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I34062
2 Anderson, Catherine Dunlop  15 Aug 1902Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I41820
3 Anderson, Leonard Duncan  11 Jun 1996Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I10504
4 Barclay, Jessie Roberta  18 Oct 1941Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I38872
5 Barclay, Peter  7 Feb 1925Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I38871
6 Barnett, Susan  30 Apr 1940Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I7689
7 Carnahan, Elsie Victoria  26 Aug 1996Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I16416
8 Clark, Ann  5 Nov 1904Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I9721
9 Davidson, Marie Etta  29 Jul 1981Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I16134
10 Donnelly, Dorothy Eva  13 Oct 2005Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I10505
11 Ewenson, Ruth Ellen  16 Oct 2009Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I35059
12 Hampton, Kenneth Earl  17 Oct 1895Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I19999
13 Haryett, Claude Raymond Hearsman  2 Mar 1974Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I29529
14 James, John  28 Jun 1915Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I40463
15 Johnston, Francis Adam  Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I20570
16 Kornke, Rosina Henrietta  20 Sep 1901Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I7719
17 Lang, James  9 Jul 1903Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I8181
18 Lech  5 Jul 1910Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I29652
19 Lech, Wilhelm "William"  3 Mar 1903Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I7718
20 Lech, William Edward  8 Jan 1936Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I7717
21 McCracken, Garnet Joseph  20 Oct 2003Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I25291
22 McKay, William F.  5 Aug 1945Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I26302
23 Mitchell, Margaret "Maddy"  12 Oct 1889Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I27582
24 Morrison, Lillian elsie  10 May 1990Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I24712
25 Nelson, Gerhard Blom  7 Mar 1995Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I24711
26 O'Neill, Terrence Patrick  6 Feb 2016Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I27861
27 Proud, George Anderton  1888Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I24653
28 Renwick, James  10 Jun 1911Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I9718
29 Robertson, Borden Eastman  26 Sep 1992Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I41050
30 Smith, William Renwick  20 Aug 1885Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I9740
31 Snelgrove, Dion  1988Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I3838
32 Treadwell, Prof. James Michael  24 Apr 1999Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I35393
33 Wark, Rachel "Rae" Rankin  25 Jan 1986Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I17332
34 Willman, Ann  10 Dec 1898Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I24654

Burial

Matches 1 to 4 of 4

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Burial    Person ID 
1 Anderson, Leonard Duncan  Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I10504
2 Barnett, Susan  2 May 1940Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I7689
3 Donnelly, Dorothy Eva  15 Oct 2005Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I10505
4 Wark, Rachel "Rae" Rankin  Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I17332

Marriage

Matches 1 to 6 of 6

   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
1 Anderson / Donnelly  23 Sep 1950Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada F3465
2 Gordon / Green  3 Sep 1918Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada F5944
3 Lech / Barnett  17 Jun 1901Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada F2642
4 Proud / Walsh  24 Dec 1926Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada F14427
5 Renwick / Finnie  9 Jul 1847Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada F3259
6 Renwick / Henderson  14 Sep 1869Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada F3251

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