page_title: Tiverton, Ontario
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Tiverton, Ontario / Economy
context_page_description: Tiverton is a community in the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario, Canada in Bruce County. It is near the shore of Lake Huron on Highway 21 between Port Elgin and Kincardine.
context_section_description: Tiverton is near the site of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, the largest nuclear facility in North America in terms of output.
  Ontario's first commercial wind farm, called "Huron Wind" is also located near Tiverton in Inverhuron. The wind farm consists of 5 wind turbines.
  Tiverton was home to the Steelback Brewery, closed as of early 2010.
  Tiverton is located south of the Enbridge Wind Farm project that has recently been constructed between Tiverton and the Municipality's northern boundary. The project, has over 100 wind turbines erected.
   
  Local business are: Kwik-Way Variety store, The Kings Pearl Pub, 2 mechanic shops, a day care centre, Daisy Mart convenience store (which has since closed), an Esso gas station, an East Indian Restaurant, a motel, a couple of antiques stores, a fudge/taffy and giftware store- Crafts & Stuff Country Store, a pizza parlour - Patz Pizza and a Chinese restaurant- 21 Chopstix (opened in 2018). The town also has a public Library, an arena and sports facility grounds and a fire department.
caption: Huron Wind near Tiverton
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