Port Colborne

Port Colborne
City of Port Colborne
Former bank building on West Street in Port Colborne[1]
Former bank building on West Street in Port Colborne[1]
Official seal of Port Colborne
Motto: 
"Gateway to Navigation"[2]
Location of Port Colborne in the Niagara Region
Location of Port Colborne in the Niagara Region
Port Colborne is located in Southern Ontario
Port Colborne
Port Colborne
Location in southern Ontario
Coordinates: 42°53′N 79°15′W / 42.883°N 79.250°W / 42.883; -79.250
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNiagara
Settled1830s
Incorporated1870 (village)
 1966 (city)
Government
 • MayorWilliam Steele
 • MPVance Badawey (Liberal)
 • MPPJeff Burch (NDP)
Area
 • Land121.96 km2 (47.09 sq mi)
Elevation175.30 m (575.13 ft)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
20,033
 • Density164.2/km2 (425/sq mi)
DemonymPort Colbornite
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Forward Sortation Area
Area code(s)905, 289, 365, and 742
GNBC CodeFCHYP[6]
Websiteportcolborne.ca

Port Colborne is a city in Ontario, Canada that is located on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario. The original settlement, known as Gravelly Bay, dates from 1832 [7] and was renamed after Sir John Colborne, a British war hero and the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada at the time of the opening of the (new) southern terminus of the First Welland Canal in 1833. The city's population in 2021 was 20,033.

  1. ^ "index.HTM". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  2. ^ "City of Port Colborne - Quick Facts". portcolborne.ca. Archived from the original on July 15, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  3. ^ City of Port Colborne • Mayor's Office
  4. ^ a b "Port Colborne, Ontario (Code 3526011) census profile". 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
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  6. ^ "Port Colborne". Natural Resources Canada. October 6, 2016.
  7. ^ "Port Colborne - Ontario, Canada". Retrieved July 31, 2017.

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