Peterborough, Ontario

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Peterborough Ontario

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City nickname: "The Electric City"

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Area¹ - Total - Water 58.61 km²? km² ?%

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Area - Km²

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Population (2004)¹ 74,600

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% Change (1996 – 2001): 2.4

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1996 - 2001

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Racial Origins:

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• White: 97.5%
• Asian: 0.8%
• mixed race: 0.5%
• Black: 0.3%
• Chinese: 0.3%
• Korean: 0.2%

Population density¹ 1218.9/km²

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Latitude and longitude{{coor d|44|N|79|W|}}1.

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Dwellings:30,804¹

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Postal code:K9H, K9J, K9K, K9L

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Area code:705

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MayorSylvia Sutherland

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MPsPeter Adams (Liberal)

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MPs - Peter Adams - Liberal

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MPPsJeff Leal (Liberal)

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MPPs - Jeff Leal - Liberal

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Altitude:? m

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External link: http://www.city.peterborough.on.ca/

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¹ According to the 2001 Statistics Canada census

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Peterborough (2004 population 74,600 and the metropolitan population numbers 102,423) is a city on the Otonabee River in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, 125km northeast of Toronto. Peterborough is located in the "cottage country" of the Kawarthas, a large recreational region of the province. It is the seat of Peterborough County.

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2004 - City - Otonabee River - Ontario - Canada - Toronto - Peterborough County

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The Trent-Severn Waterway passes through Peterborough and includes the Peterborough Lift Lock, the world's largest hydraulic lift lock, which opened in 1904. It is also the world's highest lift lock with a rise of 65ft (19.8m).

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Trent-Severn Waterway - Peterborough Lift Lock - Lift lock

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