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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Port Colborne | official_name = City of Port Colborne | other_name = | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | settlement_type = [[List of cities in Ontario|City]] ([[List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities|lower-tier]]) | motto = "Gateway to Navigation"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portcolborne.ca/page/statistics_and_facts|title=City of Port Colborne - Quick Facts|website=portcolborne.ca|access-date=July 31, 2017|archive-date=July 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715214427/http://portcolborne.ca/page/statistics_and_facts|url-status=dead}}</ref> | image_skyline = PortColborneBank.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Former bank building on West Street in Port Colborne<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keithoverend.com/Intro/heritage/tour.HTM|title=index.HTM|access-date=July 31, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713142307/http://www.keithoverend.com/Intro/heritage/tour.HTM|archive-date=July 13, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = Logo of Port Colborne, Ontario.svg | seal_size = 130px | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map = Portcolborne-niagara.png | mapsize = 200px | map_caption = Location of Port Colborne in the Niagara Region | pushpin_map = Canada Southern Ontario | pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Ontario | coordinates = {{coord|42|53|N|79|15|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Ontario]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of Canada|Region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Regional Municipality of Niagara|Niagara]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = <ref>[https://www.portcolborne.ca/en/city-hall/mayors-office.aspx City of Port Colborne β’ Mayor's Office]</ref> | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Bill Steele | leader_title1 = Governing body | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = [[Current members of the Canadian House of Commons|MP]] | leader_name2 = [[Fred Davies (politician)|Fred Davies]] | leader_title3 = [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario|MPP]] | leader_name3 = [[Jeff Burch]] | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = Settled | established_date = 1830s | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = 1870 (village) | established_title3 = | established_date3 = 1966 (city) | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = <ref name="cp2016a"/> | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 121.96 | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name="cp2016a">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=port%20colborne&DGUIDlist=2021A00053526011&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Port Colborne, Ontario (Code 3526011) census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2021 Census|2021 Census of Population]] |access-date=October 23, 2022}}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 20033 | population_density_km2 = 164.2 | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] | utc_offset_DST = -4 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="CCN"/> | elevation_m = 175.30 | postal_code_type = Forward Sortation Area | postal_code = [[List of L postal codes of Canada|L3K]] | area_code = [[Area codes 905, 289 and 365|905, 289, 365, and 742]] | blank_name = | population_demonym = Port Colbornite | blank1_name = [[Geographical Names Board of Canada|GNBC]] Code | blank1_info = FCHYP<ref name="GNBC">{{cite web | title = Port Colborne | publisher = Natural Resources Canada | date = October 6, 2016 | url = http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/FCHYP}}</ref> | website = {{URL|http://portcolborne.ca/}} | footnotes = }} '''Port Colborne''' is a city in [[Ontario]], Canada that is located on [[Lake Erie]], at the southern end of the [[Welland Canal]], in the [[Regional Municipality of Niagara|Niagara Region]] of [[Southern Ontario]]. The original settlement, known as Gravelly Bay, dates from 1832 <ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/470848/Port-Colborne#tab=active~checked,items~checked&title=Port+Colborne+--+Britannica+Online+Encyclopedia|title=Port Colborne - Ontario, Canada|access-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref> and was renamed after [[John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton|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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