About Georgina

The all-season destination of outdoor enthusiasts.

Georgina is geographically the largest municipality in York Region, and boosts an impressive 52 kilometres of Lake Simcoe shoreline. This large, clean lake beckons visitors from vast distances for everything from boating to fishing. No matter where you are, waterfront is always close by in Georgina. During the warmer months, Georgina's residents and tourists enjoy the community's sandy beaches for swimming and recreation, and set sail onto the beautiful Lake Simcoe out of one of the town's ample harbours and marinas. Fishing, a year-around activity in Georgina, is particularly popular with locals and tourists alike especially during perch and bass season. Once the colder weather hits, Lake Simcoe is transformed into an icy wonderland that's peppered with ice-fishing huts and bundled-up fishermen. Known as the Ice-Fishing Capital of Canada, Georgina is the premier destination for wintertime fisherman from all across Ontario. For those who prefer snowmobiles to ice augers, Georgina offers the most extensive snowmobile trail system in Ontario.

For the golf enthusiast, the town features lake view golfing and seven meticulously manicured public and private courses at an affordable rate. A town of wide-open space, Georgina offers many impressive public parks and forested conservation areas, such as the Morning Glory Provincial Nature Reserve, Sibbald Point Provincial Park, and the Keswick Marsh Fish and Bird Sanctuary.

For many urbanites, the thought of spending leisure time outdoors and connecting with nature sounds like a personal indulgence. In Georgina, it's a way of life - the norm, not the exception. With today's hectic pace, outdoor recreation has been proven to reduce stress, foster creativity, increase fitness levels, and improve the functioning of the immune system. So do something good for yourself - visit Georgina and enjoy a breath of fresh air and the accessible benefits outdoor recreation.Many people say that their favorite place to unwind is their cottage. It could be the most basic of structures or be fully equipped with all the luxuries of a typical home. It doesn't seem to matter. What matters is the feeling of being there, of waking up to the sun shining, and the birds chirping. The lazily walking down to the dock or beach with your morning coffee, and feeling the soft breeze of the lake on your face. Maybe you relishing a roaring fire on a winter night after a long day of ice-fishing with friends. Really, it's all about enjoying a slower pace of life, and many would say, a higher quality of living. You can have this everyday, living in Georgina.Situated one hour north of the City of Toronto on the south-western shores of Lake Simcoe, the Town of Georgina is Ontario's original cottage county. Today, it remains the all-season destination of outdoor enthusiasts from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), but it's also so much more. Georgina not only offers great cottages and homes on the pristine Lake Simcoe. It offers a new way of life.

Think of it as the intersection of cottage life and economic prosperity. A place where the ‘feeling' of cottage living is retained, conveniences of urban life are nearby and the environment is as it should be - mostly green.