Welcome to Northumberland County

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY: Welcome to Northumberland - a thriving, south-eastern Ontario community strategically positioned along Highway 401 to access both Toronto and Kingston within a 1 to 1.5 hours drive.   Northumberland County offers a range of living experiences from historic towns to scenic rolling rural areas to spectacular water settings on Rice Lake, the Trent River and Lake Ontario.  The Corporation of the County of Northumberland is the upper tier level of municipal government that weaves together seven diverse, yet complementary municipalities.  The seven Municipalities include:   Municipality of Alnwick/Haldimand Municipality of Brighton Town of Cobourg Township of Cramahe Township of Hamilton Municipality of Port Hope Municipality of Trent Hills   Just some of the many businesses in Northumberland County:  Major Employers - All Sectors  Company  Service  # of Employees  Collins & Aikman Manufacturing - Plastic Injection Moulding for Automotive Parts 863  Northumberland Hills Hospital Health Care Services 525  Kraft General Foods Ltd. Manufacturing - Food Processing  500  County of Northumberland Local Government  450  Warkworth Penitentiary Federal Corrections  340  Cameco Corp. Manufacturing - Non-metal Refining  339  Horizon Plastics Company Ltd. Manufacturing - Foamed & Expanded Plastic Products  300  NuComm International Telephone Call Centre 270  Zircatec Precision Industries Ltd. Manufacturing - Non-metal Refining & Production  250  Weetabix of Canada Ltd. Manufacturing - Food Processing 240  Belden CDT Manufacturing - Communications & Energy  Wire 240  World´s Finest Chocolate Canada Manufacturing - Food Processing 230  Source: Direct Phone Survey, May 2005