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Archive of hometown notes from Peterborough: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.
Published residential mill-rate context for Peterborough.
Residential mill rates for Peterborough appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Peterborough beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around
Little Lake still orients Peterborough. Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around before anyone mentions cottage highways.
Riverview Park and Zoo is City-run, free admission, and listed as Canada's only CAZA-accredited free zoo.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Free City zoo on more than 50 acres of Water Street waterfront parkland. Splash pad, train ride, and animal exhibits make it the default
July 2026 in Peterborough: Riverview Park and Zoo. Free City zoo on more than 50 acres of Water Street waterfront parkland. Splash pad, train ride, and animal exhibits make it the default family outing.
Lock 21 upstream of Little Lake is the Peterborough Lift Lock, described on the marina page as the world's highest hydraulic lift lock.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
The Peterborough Marina sits on downtown Little Lake with Otonabee River access to the Trent-Severn Waterway.
Walk or drive through Peterborough long enough and Peterborough Lift Lock comes up. Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn above Little Lake, the hydraulic lift locals treat as the city's signature engineering stop. Marina pages put it a short way upstream from downtown docks.
North on Water Street, Riverview Park and Zoo is the free-admission City zoo people actually take guests to, CAZA-accredited and paid for in part through water rates. Rogers Cove and Beavermead Beach handle the swim calendar, complete with the occasional bacteria closure notice that names one beach closed while the other stays open. Ashburnham Memorial Park sits near the Museum and Archives and the Lift Lock visitor area. The Art Gallery of Peterborough and Bonnerworth Park skateboard park fill out the recreation map for days that are not about locks or lakes.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Peterborough sits in published building-permit figures for July 2026.
Building-permit value for Peterborough comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.
Open the Peterborough permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around
June 2026 in Peterborough: Little Lake. Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around before anyone mentions cottage highways.
Rogers Cove and Beavermead Beach are the named municipal swim spots on City beach advisories.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Riverview Park and Zoo is a reason people stay fond of Peterborough.
Walk or drive through Peterborough long enough and Riverview Park and Zoo comes up. Free City zoo on more than 50 acres of Water Street waterfront parkland. Splash pad, train ride, and animal exhibits make it the default family outing.
North on Water Street, Riverview Park and Zoo is the free-admission City zoo people actually take guests to, CAZA-accredited and paid for in part through water rates. Rogers Cove and Beavermead Beach handle the swim calendar, complete with the occasional bacteria closure notice that names one beach closed while the other stays open. Ashburnham Memorial Park sits near the Museum and Archives and the Lift Lock visitor area. The Art Gallery of Peterborough and Bonnerworth Park skateboard park fill out the recreation map for days that are not about locks or lakes.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Peterborough orients itself on water before it orients on highways. Little Lake sits in the downtown basin with the Peterborough Marina on
Peterborough Lift Lock still orients Peterborough. Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn above Little Lake, the hydraulic lift locals treat as the city's signature engineering stop. Marina pages put it a short way upstream from downtown docks.
Lock 21 upstream of Little Lake is the Peterborough Lift Lock, described on the marina page as the world's highest hydraulic lift lock.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Peterborough.
Residential mill rates for Peterborough appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Peterborough beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
North on Water Street, Riverview Park and Zoo is the free-admission City zoo people actually take guests to, CAZA-accredited and paid for
Walk or drive through Peterborough long enough and Little Lake comes up. Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around before anyone mentions cottage highways.
North on Water Street, Riverview Park and Zoo is the free-admission City zoo people actually take guests to, CAZA-accredited and paid for in part through water rates. Rogers Cove and Beavermead Beach handle the swim calendar, complete with the occasional bacteria closure notice that names one beach closed while the other stays open. Ashburnham Memorial Park sits near the Museum and Archives and the Lift Lock visitor area. The Art Gallery of Peterborough and Bonnerworth Park skateboard park fill out the recreation map for days that are not about locks or lakes.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Peterborough draws municipal drinking water from Otonabee River, treated at Peterborough Water Treatment Plant.
Peterborough municipal drinking water starts at Otonabee River and is treated at Peterborough Water Treatment Plant. Lab numbers on the water page describe the published geography, not every private tap.
Plant at 1230 Water Street North beside Riverview Park and Zoo. Dual Otonabee intakes, conventional coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation/filtration and chlorine disinfection. Rated capacity about 104 ML/d.
See the Peterborough water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn above Little Lake, the hydraulic lift locals treat as the city's signature engineering stop. Marina pages put
May 2026 in Peterborough: Peterborough Lift Lock. Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn above Little Lake, the hydraulic lift locals treat as the city's signature engineering stop. Marina pages put it a short way upstream from downtown docks.
Riverview Park and Zoo is City-run, free admission, and listed as Canada's only CAZA-accredited free zoo.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Peterborough.
Peterborough appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around
Little Lake still orients Peterborough. Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around before anyone mentions cottage highways.
The Peterborough Marina sits on downtown Little Lake with Otonabee River access to the Trent-Severn Waterway.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Peterborough.
Broadband rows for Peterborough come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Peterborough internet page.
Rogers Cove and Beavermead Beach are the named municipal swim spots on City beach advisories.
Walk or drive through Peterborough long enough and Peterborough Lift Lock comes up. Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn above Little Lake, the hydraulic lift locals treat as the city's signature engineering stop. Marina pages put it a short way upstream from downtown docks.
North on Water Street, Riverview Park and Zoo is the free-admission City zoo people actually take guests to, CAZA-accredited and paid for in part through water rates. Rogers Cove and Beavermead Beach handle the swim calendar, complete with the occasional bacteria closure notice that names one beach closed while the other stays open. Ashburnham Memorial Park sits near the Museum and Archives and the Lift Lock visitor area. The Art Gallery of Peterborough and Bonnerworth Park skateboard park fill out the recreation map for days that are not about locks or lakes.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Peterborough sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Peterborough follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Peterborough in national context first.
Little Lake is a reason people stay fond of Peterborough.
April 2026 in Peterborough: Little Lake. Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around before anyone mentions cottage highways.
Lock 21 upstream of Little Lake is the Peterborough Lift Lock, described on the marina page as the world's highest hydraulic lift lock.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Peterborough compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Peterborough's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Peterborough orients itself on water before it orients on highways. Little Lake sits in the downtown basin with the Peterborough Marina on
Peterborough Lift Lock still orients Peterborough. Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn above Little Lake, the hydraulic lift locals treat as the city's signature engineering stop. Marina pages put it a short way upstream from downtown docks.
Bonnerworth Park hosts the City skateboard park with 22 ramps on the recreation pages.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Peterborough.
Residential mill rates for Peterborough appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Peterborough beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around
Walk or drive through Peterborough long enough and Little Lake comes up. Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around before anyone mentions cottage highways.
North on Water Street, Riverview Park and Zoo is the free-admission City zoo people actually take guests to, CAZA-accredited and paid for in part through water rates. Rogers Cove and Beavermead Beach handle the swim calendar, complete with the occasional bacteria closure notice that names one beach closed while the other stays open. Ashburnham Memorial Park sits near the Museum and Archives and the Lift Lock visitor area. The Art Gallery of Peterborough and Bonnerworth Park skateboard park fill out the recreation map for days that are not about locks or lakes.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Free City zoo on more than 50 acres of Water Street waterfront parkland. Splash pad, train ride, and animal exhibits make it the default
Riverview Park and Zoo still orients Peterborough. Free City zoo on more than 50 acres of Water Street waterfront parkland. Splash pad, train ride, and animal exhibits make it the default family outing.
Lock 21 upstream of Little Lake is the Peterborough Lift Lock, described on the marina page as the world's highest hydraulic lift lock.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
The Peterborough Marina sits on downtown Little Lake with Otonabee River access to the Trent-Severn Waterway.
February 2026 in Peterborough: Peterborough Lift Lock. Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn above Little Lake, the hydraulic lift locals treat as the city's signature engineering stop. Marina pages put it a short way upstream from downtown docks.
The Peterborough Marina sits on downtown Little Lake with Otonabee River access to the Trent-Severn Waterway.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Peterborough sits in published building-permit figures for February 2026.
Construction intent in Peterborough shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Peterborough permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around
Little Lake still orients Peterborough. Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around before anyone mentions cottage highways.
Rogers Cove and Beavermead Beach are the named municipal swim spots on City beach advisories.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Riverview Park and Zoo is a reason people stay fond of Peterborough.
February 2026 in Peterborough: Riverview Park and Zoo. Free City zoo on more than 50 acres of Water Street waterfront parkland. Splash pad, train ride, and animal exhibits make it the default family outing.
Riverview Park and Zoo is City-run, free admission, and listed as Canada's only CAZA-accredited free zoo.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
North on Water Street, Riverview Park and Zoo is the free-admission City zoo people actually take guests to, CAZA-accredited and paid for
Walk or drive through Peterborough long enough and Peterborough Lift Lock comes up. Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn above Little Lake, the hydraulic lift locals treat as the city's signature engineering stop. Marina pages put it a short way upstream from downtown docks.
North on Water Street, Riverview Park and Zoo is the free-admission City zoo people actually take guests to, CAZA-accredited and paid for in part through water rates. Rogers Cove and Beavermead Beach handle the swim calendar, complete with the occasional bacteria closure notice that names one beach closed while the other stays open. Ashburnham Memorial Park sits near the Museum and Archives and the Lift Lock visitor area. The Art Gallery of Peterborough and Bonnerworth Park skateboard park fill out the recreation map for days that are not about locks or lakes.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Peterborough.
Residential mill rates for Peterborough appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Peterborough beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Examiner fronts mix city briefs with wider Kawarthas coverage, so Television Road load limits and landfill tire piles land beside regional
January 2026 in Peterborough: Little Lake. Downtown lake with the municipal marina, nearby beach access, and summer park programming. It is the water body Peterborough orients around before anyone mentions cottage highways.
Bonnerworth Park hosts the City skateboard park with 22 ramps on the recreation pages.
More on Peterborough: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Peterborough draws municipal drinking water from Otonabee River, treated at Peterborough Water Treatment Plant.
Ask where Peterborough drinking water begins and the answer is Otonabee River, then Peterborough Water Treatment Plant. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
Plant at 1230 Water Street North beside Riverview Park and Zoo. Dual Otonabee intakes, conventional coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation/filtration and chlorine disinfection. Rated capacity about 104 ML/d.
See the Peterborough water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.