Known for small-town charm, a Heritage Port Hope Advisory Committee and one of the highest per-capita rates of heritage preservation in Canada. Famous for its All Canadian Jazz Festival. Features a library, a walkable downtown of restaurants and antique shops, the last functioning operatic theatre (Capitol Theatre), waterfront beaches and the Ganaraska River.

Once a retirement town, it has drawn many younger families in the last decade; close to the GTA, with many commuting to the GTA or Durham Region.

Located on Lake Ontario, about 109 km east of Toronto along the 401. Part of Northumberland County; the municipality includes Campbellcroft, Welcome, Perrytown, Tinkerville, Zion, Canton, Elizabethville and other hamlets. 

Home Facts

•  Primarily detached single-family homes; average 3 bed / 1.5 bath.

•  Almost 50% built before 1980; the remainder 1981–2021, with more built since.

   Public Elementary 

•  Beatrice Strong
•  North Hope Central
•  Ganaraska Trail
•  Dr MS Hawkins Intermediate

    Catholic Elementary

•   St Anthony's


    Public Secondary

•  Port Hope Secondary


    Catholic Secondary

•   St Mary's (Cobourg)


    Other Schools

•   Trinity College School
•   Loyalist College
•   Globe Cambridge High School
•   Scriven Christian Academy

     Libraries

•  Mary J Benson Branch Library – 31 Queen St
·   Port Hope Community Hub Library  
•  Port Hope Public Library

•  Port Hope & District Historical Society – Dorothy's House Museum

•  Capitol Theatre & Capitol Arts Centre – 20 Queen St · Town Hall – 56 Queen St

•  Ontario's Best Preserved Downtown

•  Port Hope Jazz Festival 

•  Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny - Late Spring