About Port HopePort Hope is a remarkably picturesque community which sits quietly along the shores of Lake Ontario, adjacent to the beautiful Ganaraska Forest and rambling rural country side and 60 minutes east of Toronto.
The municipality's 16,000 residents enjoy a range of activities and countless opportunities to suit every lifestyle.
A network of great hiking and biking trails wind through the hills and parklands of the area. And, for the golfing enthusiast, several excellent golf courses are located within a short drive. Port Hope is also home to a number of excellent restaurants, art galleries, antique shops and fashion boutiques, the historic Capitol Theatre, an internationally recognized annual jazz festival, special events like Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny and top-class salmon and trout fishing.
With a wide variety of employment opportunities, leisure and education pursuits all complemented by an exceptional quality of life, Port Hope is widely recognized as an active, vibrant, healthy and flourishing community that is dedicated to diversity, balance and progressive economic growth.
Among Port Hope's many recent accomplishments, it is particularly proud of its substantial investment in our historic heritage districts and structures, and numerous accessibility improvements to the municipality's buildings and landscape.
