Whether you're a new graduate, young family, business owner, outdoor adventurer or arts and culture buff, there's something to explore in Durham Region.
In Durham Region, a mix of urban excitement and country charm awaits. Visit our delightful boutiques; natural wonders; exciting, one-of-a-kind attractions; and savour delicious dishes crafted from home-grown ingredients. Explore our waterfront, historic main streets, and soak in the character of our diverse communities.
Durham Region offers a vast array of housing choices from traditional family homes, apartment and condominiums, to townhouses, rural properties and custom-build construction. Residents enjoy an exceptional quality of life, access to a vibrant and publicly funded education system, transit options and state of the art health care facilities.
Durham Region is geographically large and is made up of many complete communities.
- Durham Region is a collection of complete urban communities situated alongside rolling countryside. You can do something new every weekend without leaving Durham Region.
- Durham Region offers 14 downtown and main street communities,.
- Remote work in Durham Region is ideal with multiple co-working spaces, larger homes, and 15-minute GO Train service which is soon extending to Bowmanville.
- There is a huge diversity in cuisines available, a strong local food movement connected to our local agriculture community. Durham Region offers 10 craft breweries, 4 cideries and 3 wineries to visit.
- Durham Region has 350km of recreation trails! Our outdoor sports enthusiast community is very active. For example, there are 1200 members in the Durham Region Mountain Bike Association. Durham offers more than ten conservation areas and a provincial park. Home to the Trail Capital of Canada.
- Durham Region offers three major lakefronts, rolling ski hills and 53 golf courses.
- Durham's music scene is vibrant. In the past ten years, our music scene has created globally successful acts such as Shawn Mendes, Daniel Caesar, and Juno Award-nominated Dizzy, Crown Lands, and Protest the Hero. Our great live music venues play host to national and international touring acts.
- In Durham you'll find board game and pinball cafes, record shops, vintage stores, multiple food truck alleys, permanent makers’ and farmers’ markets, and 14 museums and 12 art galleries.
