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

Death

Matches 1 to 34 of 34

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

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 Wark, Rachel "Rae" Rankin  Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I17332
3 Barnett, Susan  2 May 1940Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I7689
4 Donnelly, Dorothy Eva  15 Oct 2005Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada I10505

Marriage

Matches 1 to 6 of 6

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

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