Central Ontario
Central Ontario is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario that lies between Georgian Bay and the eastern end of Lake Ontario.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Barrie and Peterborough.
Barrie
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Barrie is a city of about 148,000 people at the end of Kempenfelt Bay on Lake Simcoe in Southern Ontario. Watersports and boating on the bay bring visitors from all over Ontario.
Peterborough
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The City of Peterborough is considered the hub of the Kawarthas, and is the region's major business, education, cultural, and health care centre. This is a varied community -- a retirement city, but at the same time a university and college city.
Collingwood
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Collingwood is a town of 25,000 people on the western edge of Simcoe County, Ontario. The area surrounding the town is a destination for recreation characterized by the unique terrain and climate where the Niagara Escarpment meets Georgian Bay.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Simcoe County and Kawarthas.
Simcoe County
Simcoe County is a region of about 480,000 people in Central Ontario. Simcoe attracts 8 million visitors a year, many of them coming for water sports in the summer, like boating and fishing on the lakes, or for skiing and snowmobiling in the winter.
Kawarthas
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The Kawarthas or Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario, Canada, is located one to two hours by car northeast of Toronto, and is considered part of Central Ontario.
Muskoka
The Muskoka area of Ontario, Canada is a rolling expanse of forest and lake, quietly beautiful. Highlights of the area include Georgian Bay with its rocky inlets and wood-lined shores.
Haliburton Highlands
Haliburton Highlands, also known as Haliburton County, is a municipality of about 21,000 people in Central Ontario. It offers more than 600 pristine lakes, and thousands of hectares of virgin forest and wilderness on one of the highest parts of the Canadian Shield.
Central Ontario
- Type: administrative territorial entity
- Description: secondary region in Ontario, Canada
- Neighbors: Northern Ontario
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
44.755° or 44° 45′ 18″ northLongitude of center
-78.982° or 78° 58′ 55″ westWikidata ID
Q2945361
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Central Ontario” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中安大略”
- Chinese: “中部”
- Chinese: “安大略省中部”
- Dutch: “Central Ontario”
- Estonian: “Kesk-Ontario”
- French: “centre de l’Ontario”
- French: “Centre de l’Ontario”
- Italian: “Ontario centrale”
- Persian: “انتاریوی مرکزی”
- Portuguese: “Ontário Central”
- Russian: “Центральное Онтарио”
- Serbian: “Централни Онтарио”
- Ukrainian: “Центральне Онтаріо”
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