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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Barrie and Collingwood.
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.
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.
Orillia
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Orillia is a city in Ontario, Canada, about 30 km north-east of Barrie in Simcoe County. It is located at the confluence of Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Midland and Wasaga Beach.
Midland
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Midland is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario on the shores of Georgian Bay. A beautiful area for a vacation by the water, it draws many tourists, particularly in summertime. As of the 2016 census, its population was 17,000.
Wasaga Beach
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Wasaga Beach is a town of 21,000 people in Central Ontario on the shores of southern Georgian Bay. It is a popular summer tourist destination, featuring the world's longest freshwater beach. Over two million people visit Wasaga Beach every summer.
Penetanguishene
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Penetanguishene is a town of about 9,000 in Simcoe County. Penetang sits on the south end of Georgian Bay, part of Lake Huron.
Washago
Washago is a small village at the northern tip of Lake Couchiching. It marks the approximate boundary between the forested lands of Central Ontario's "Cottage Country" and the Golden Horseshoe. It is part of the Severn Township.Simcoe County
- Type: county of Ontario with 480,000 residents
- Description: county in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Simcoe County, ON” and “Simcoe County, Ontario”
- Neighbors: Durham, Grey County, Kawarthas, Muskoka, Peel, and York Region
- Categories: upper-tier municipality and census division of Canada
- Location: Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Simcoe County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kontea Simcoe”
- Belarusian: “Сімка”
- Cebuano: “Simcoe County”
- Chinese: “錫姆科縣”
- Chinese: “閃高縣”
- Dutch: “Simcoe County”
- French: “comté de Simcoe”
- French: “Comté de Simcoe”
- German: “Simcoe County”
- Irish: “Contae Simcoe”
- Italian: “Contea di Simcoe”
- Japanese: “シムコー郡”
- Korean: “심코 컨트리”
- Persian: “شهرستان سیمکو”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Simcoe”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Simcoe”
- Russian: “Симко”
- Slovenian: “Grofija Simcoe”
- Slovenian: “Simcoe County”
- Spanish: “Condado de Simcoe (Ontario)”
- Spanish: “Condado de Simcoe”
- Swedish: “Simcoe County”
- Turkish: “Simcoe County”
- Ukrainian: “Сімко”
- Venetian: “contea de Simcoe”
- Western Panjabi: “سمکو کاؤنٹی”
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