Peterborough, Ontario

**Peterborough** is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. The population of Peterborough was 83,651 in 2021. The mayor of Peterborough is Jeff Leal. 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.

## Media

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## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Peterborough
- **official name**: City of Peterborough
- **motto**: _Dat natura, elaborant artes_
(Nature Provides, Industry Develops)
- **settlement type**: List of cities in Ontario, City (List of municipalities in Ontario#Single-tier municipalities, single-tier)
- **nickname**: "The Electric City"
- **image skyline**: Peteborough Skyline Sunset.jpg
- **image flag**: Ptboflag.svg
- **pushpin map**: Canada Southern Ontario
- **pushpin label**: Peterborough
- **pushpin label position**: top
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces and territories of Canada, Province
- **subdivision type2**: County
- **subdivision name**: Canada
- **subdivision name1**: Ontario
- **subdivision name2**: Peterborough County, Ontario, Peterborough
- **governing body**: Peterborough City Council (Ontario), Peterborough City Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: Member of Parliament (Canada), MP
- **leader title2**: Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), MPP
- **leader name**: Jeff Leal
- **leader name1**: Michelle Ferreri (Conservative Party of Canada, CPC)
- **leader name2**: Dave Smith (Peterborough, Ontario politician), Dave Smith (Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, OPCP)
- **established title**: Established
- **established title2**: Incorporated as town
- **established title3**: Incorporated as city
- **established date**: 1819: Scott's Plains
- **established date2**: 1850: Peterborough
- **established date3**: July 1, 1905
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area land km2**: 64.76
- **area water km2**: 12.67
- **area urban km2**: 54.58
- **area metro km2**: 1,508.44
- **population as of**: 2021
- **population total**: 83651 (List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, 72nd)
- **population density km2**: 1291.8
- **population urban**: 84793
- **population density urban km2**: 1553.7
- **population metro**: 128624 (List of metropolitan areas in Canada, 32nd)
- **population density metro km2**: 85.3
- **demographics type2**: Gross Metropolitan Product
- **demographics2 title1**: Peterborough
- **demographics2 info1**: Canadian dollar, CA$4.9billion (2020)
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset**: −05:00
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: −04:00
- **elevation m**: 195
- **postal code type**: Postal code span
- **postal code**: K9H, K9J, K9K, K9L
- **area code**: Area codes 705 and 249, 705, 249, 683
- **blank name**: List of highways in Ontario, Highways
- **blank info**: