Peterborough, Ontario

E36462
city single-tier municipality

Peterborough, Ontario is a mid-sized Canadian city known for its historic role in the development of the Kawartha Lakes region, its Trent-Severn Waterway lock system, and its mix of manufacturing, education, and outdoor recreation.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Peterborough 2
Peterborough CMA 1
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
single-tier municipality ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
distanceFromToronto about 125 km ⓘ
hasAreaCode 249 ⓘ
705 ⓘ
hasAttraction Canadian Canoe Museum ⓘ
Del Crary Park ⓘ
Peterborough Lift Lock ⓘ
Riverview Park and Zoo ⓘ
hasCollege Fleming College ⓘ
hasEconomicRegion Peterborough, Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Peterborough CMA
hasFeature hydroelectric power history ⓘ
hasGovernmentType mayor–council ⓘ
hasHistoricRoleIn development of the Kawartha Lakes region ⓘ
navigation on the Trent–Severn Waterway ⓘ
hasLockSystem Trent–Severn Waterway locks in Peterborough ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry education ⓘ
health care ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMetropolitanPopulation over 120,000 ⓘ
hasNearbyLakes Kawartha Lakes ⓘ
hasNickname Electric City ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 80,000–90,000 ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix K9H ⓘ
K9J ⓘ
K9K ⓘ
hasRecreation boating ⓘ
canoeing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
hasRiver Otonabee River ⓘ
hasUniversity Trent University ⓘ
hasUTCOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ
isKnownFor Kawartha Lakes tourism ⓘ
Peterborough Lift Lock ⓘ
Trent–Severn Waterway ⓘ
manufacturing sector ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
post-secondary education institutions ⓘ
isLocatedNortheastOf Toronto ⓘ
isMidSizedCity true ⓘ
locatedIn Peterborough County ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn Otonabee River ⓘ
partOf City of Kawartha Lakes ⓘ
surface form: Kawartha Lakes region
province Ontario ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime yes ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ontario → containsCity → Peterborough, Ontario ⓘ
Trent University → hasCity → Peterborough, Ontario ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterborough
Peterborough, Ontario → hasEconomicRegion → Peterborough, Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterborough CMA
Trent University → locatedIn → Peterborough, Ontario ⓘ
Corey Perry → placeOfBirth → Peterborough, Ontario ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Trent–Severn Waterway → traverses → Peterborough, Ontario ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterborough