Fast Facts

• The Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield is located in Central Ontario in the County of Peterborough.
• The Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield is approximately 100 km and 1 hour from the Greater Toronto Area.
• The southeast portion of the Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield borders the City of Peterborough.
• The eastern portion of the Township borders the Otonabee River and above Lakefield includes Lake Katchewanooka, Clear Lake and Stoney Lake.
• The Township's northern border is formed by the shorelines of Pigeon, Buckhorn, Lower Buckhorn and Lovesick Lakes.
• The Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield is the most populated municipality in the County of Peterborough.
• The Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield has close to one third (30%) of all households in the County of Peterborough (source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census).
• The Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield makes up 34% of the workforce in the County of Peterborough.
• The dominant industry in the Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield is retail and other services, which includes tourism.
• The Village of Lakefield and Woodland Acres Subdivision are serviced by full municipal water and sewer systems, and private wells and septic systems service the majority of the remainder of the Township.
• Lakefield has several tracts of serviced industrial lands and adjacent vacant lands within servicing boundaries.
• High speed internet access is available throughout the majority of the Township.
• The Village of Lakefield, the Hamlet of Bridgenorth, portions of Smith Township and the southern portion of the Ennismore ward are fully serviced with natural gas by Enbridge Consumers Gas.
• Hydro One and Peterborough Utilities Services Inc. (Lakefield Ward) provide electricity service in the Township.