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Port Hope
A heritage downtown at the mouth of the Ganaraska River on Lake Ontario.
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Try the tool →Why people choose Port Hope.
Why people move here
On the north shore of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Ganaraska River, about 109 km east of Toronto.
Homes and neighbourhoods
Port Hope's downtown is celebrated as the best-preserved 19th-century streetscape in Ontario, and downtown businesses are regulated to protect that character.
Landmarks and schools
The Capitol Theatre is Canada's last functioning atmospheric theatre, and Trinity College School has been in town since 1865.
Port Hope keeps growing.
How many people call Port Hope home, and how fast that number is rising.
Census check: Port Hope counted 16,753 people in the 2016 census and 17,294 in 2021. The built-up urban area around the downtown counted 13,012 people in 2021.
Census counts: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, as published in Wikipedia: Port Hope and CityPopulation. Canada's 2026 census results are not out until 2027.
How Port Hope became Port Hope.
From the first settlers to today, the moments that shaped the town.
Where the name comes from
The town is named for Henry Hope.
Indigenous roots
The Cayuga people, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, migrated to the Port Hope area from New York state in 1779.
Cayuga people migrate to the Port Hope area from New York state.
Trinity College School opens in Port Hope.
The movie It is filmed in town, with Port Hope standing in for the fictional Derry, Maine. The 2019 sequel followed.
The census counts 17,294 people in the municipality, up 3.2% from 2016.
History summarized from Wikipedia: Port Hope, Ontario. Wikipedia text is available under CC BY-SA.
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