Port Colborne

Port Colborne
Port Colborne
City (lower-tier)
	City of Port Colborne
	Former bank building on West Street in Port Colborne
	Seal
	Motto: "Gateway to Navigation"
	Location of Port Colborne in the Niagara Region
	Port Colborne Location in southern Ontario
	Coordinates: 42°53′N 79°15′W / 42.883°N 79.250°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Niagara
Settled	1830s
Incorporated	1870 (village)
	1966 (city)
Government
• Mayor	William Steele
• MP	Vance Badawey (Liberal)
• MPP	Jeff Burch (NDP)
Area
• Land	121.96 km2 (47.09 sq mi)
Elevation	175.30 m (575.13 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	20,033
• Density	164.2/km2 (425/sq mi)
Demonym	Port Colbornite
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Forward Sortation Area	L3K
Area code(s)	905, 289, 365, and 742
GNBC Code	FCHYP
Website	portcolborne.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.

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