Construction · OpenStats
OpenStats Building Permit Value
OpenStats
Cities ranked by total Statistics Canada building permit value in the calendar year. Rank 1 is highest value.
4 editions · 2023–2026
#23
Latest · 2026 · of 42
Score 329588000
Ontario
Peterborough
Scott's Plains to canoe capital
Peterborough in brief
Peterborough sits on the Otonabee River about 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto as the seat of Peterborough County. Samuel de Champlain passed through in 1615; Adam Scott built a sawmill and gristmill at Jackson Creek in 1819, and Scott's Plains grew from that footing.
The Canadian Canoe Museum here holds the largest canoe collection in the world. Lift locks on the Trent-Severn Waterway still move boats through town with Victorian engineering flair.
Drawn from Wikipedia, Atlas Obscura.
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#94
City Score rank
29%
City Score
6
Owned lists in score
City Score over time
The green line averages OpenStats-owned rankings (radon, permit value, mill rates). Grey dots mark every published placement across all studies below.
Rankings for Peterborough
Each study below is its own ranking. Where a study has more than one edition for this city, the chart shows standing across those years only.
Composite · OpenStats
OpenStats City Score
OpenStats
Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.
Single edition · 2026
#94
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.294
Only one published edition places Peterborough in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Health · OpenStats
OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon
OpenStats
Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.
Single edition · 2026
#65
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 101.1
Only one published edition places Peterborough in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Property tax · OpenStats
OpenStats Residential Mill Rates
OpenStats
Municipalities ranked by residential mill rate. Rank 1 is the highest published rate (higher tax burden).
Single edition · 2024
#11
Published · 2024 · of 43
Score 16.52
Only one published edition places Peterborough in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Livability
MoneySense Best Places to Live
MoneySense
Annual composite ranking of Canadian municipalities on economy, housing, crime, health, and weather.
4 editions · 2014–2018
#212
Latest · 2018 · of 415
Worth knowing in Peterborough
Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.
Peterborough is a city and county seat of Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada, about 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto.
According to the 2021 Census, the population of the City of Peterborough was 83,651.
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.
In 2021, Peterborough ranked 32nd among the country's 41 census metropolitan areas according to Statistics Canada.
Places to see
Canadian Canoe Museum
Home to the world's largest canoe collection, spanning Indigenous, voyageur, and modern craft.
