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.

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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Barrie and Collingwood.

Barrie

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Barrie is a city of about 148,000 people at the end…

Collingwood

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Collingwood is a town of 25,000 people on the western edge of Simcoe County, Ontario.

Orillia

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Orillia is a city in Ontario, Canada, about 30 km north-east of Barrie in Simcoe County.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Midland and Wasaga Beach.

Midland

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Midland is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario on the shores of Georgian Bay.

Wasaga Beach

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Wasaga Beach is a town of 24,862 people in Central Ontario on the shores of southern Georgian Bay.

Penetanguishene

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Penetanguishene is a town of about 9,000 in Simcoe County.

Washago

Washago is a small village at the northern tip of Lake Couchiching.

Simcoe County

Type: county of Ontario with 480,000 residents
Description: county in Ontario, Canada
Also known as: “Condado de Simcoe (Ontario)”, “Grofija Simcoe”, “Simcoe County, ON”, “Simcoe County, Ontario”, and “閃高縣”
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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Latitude of center

44.4168° or 44° 25′ 1″ north

Longitude of center

-79.833° or 79° 49′ 59″ west

Population

480,000

Elevation

188 metres (617 feet)

GeoNames ID

6147963

Wikidata ID

Q1437636

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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”
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: “Simcoe County”
Spanish: “Condado de Simcoe”
Swedish: “Simcoe County”
Turkish: “Simcoe County”
Ukrainian: “Сімко”
Urdu: “سمکو کاؤنٹی”
Venetian: “contea de Simcoe”
Western Panjabi: “سمکو کاؤنٹی”

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