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Bobcaygeon
The Hub of the Kawarthas, on the Trent-Severn Waterway.
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Try the tool →Why people choose Bobcaygeon.
Why people move here
Bobcaygeon is a community on the Trent-Severn Waterway, long known as the Hub of the Kawarthas.
Tourism and services
Tourism, particularly recreational fishing, is Bobcaygeon's chief industry, and it provides services that smaller neighbouring communities lack.
On the waterway
Lock 32 of the Trent-Severn Waterway is in Bobcaygeon.
Bobcaygeon keeps growing.
How many people call Bobcaygeon home, and how fast that number is rising.
Census check: Bobcaygeon counted 3,525 people in the 2016 census and 3,576 in 2021. These counts are for the built-up population centre only, not the surrounding rural area and shoreline properties.
Census counts: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, as published in Bobcaygeon: What the 2021 Census says. Canada's 2026 census results are not out until 2027.
How Bobcaygeon became Bobcaygeon.
From the first settlers to today, the moments that shaped the town.
A village in Verulam
By 1869, Bobcaygeon was a village of 800 people in the Township of Verulam, Victoria County.
Hub of the Kawarthas
Bobcaygeon was incorporated as a village in 1876 and became known as the Hub of the Kawarthas.
Bobcaygeon is a village of 800 people in the Township of Verulam.
Bobcaygeon, with about 1,000 people, is incorporated as a village.
Bobcaygeon joins the new City of Kawartha Lakes.
The population centre counts 3,576 people.
History summarized from Wikipedia: Kawartha Lakes, The Canadian Encyclopedia: Kawartha Lakes, Wikipedia: Bobcaygeon. Wikipedia text is available under CC BY-SA.
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Prices and market figures are CLAR averages for January to October 2026 and change monthly. Town details are general. Estimates only. Your lender, lawyer and tax adviser have the final word. Right At Home Realty, Brokerage.