Living In North Bay
Situated between Lake Nipissing and Trout Lake, the City offers lakefront property in both urban and rural settings. The short distance between home and work allows more time to enjoy the wealth of parkland and leisure facilities. Residents enjoy low density living with all of the benefits of full urban services.
North Bay is a community rich in arts, heritage and culture that prides itself on a diversified population and the ability to work with many organizations to meet the needs of our residents.
Home to the largest theatre in northern Ontario, The Capitol Centre, North Bay boasts many opportunities to become involved in music and performing arts.
With seven galleries in the city, North Bay showcases many artists and their inspirational work. Some of our galleries are even dedicated to our local emerging and established artists showcasing both contemporary and antique collections.
The eight area museums help to share North Bay and area’s colourful history.
RECREATION
The natural environment provides many opportunities for four season recreation. Sporting organizations provide seasonal opportunities for all age groups, including activities such as baseball, hockey, soccer, and ringette just to name a few. North Bay offers cross country and down hill skiing within city limits, access to 3,400 km of groomed snowmobile trails, close proximity to eight golf courses, six marinas, 43 beaches, 74 park areas including playgrounds and picnic shelters—in addition to various sports facilities.
Throughout the city, a complement of planned and unplanned trails and pathways can get you where you want to go while experiencing the local geography and nature at its best; or by way of 100 km of a paved trail system called the Kate Pace Way and the Kinsmen Trail.
If you enjoy the spectator aspects of a sporting event you can check out a few community teams including the Trappers, an NOJHL team; the Nipissing University Lakers, an OUA team; or the North Bay Bulldogs, who are part of the Northern Football conference. With year-round access to many of our arenas, it is clear they are multi-purpose buildings; in the winter, the ice surfaces are used for skating, hockey, and ringette and in the summer months the arena floors not maintained as ice surfaces become home to many craft and trade shows, concerts, fundraising events, and team sports.
This information and more can be found on the City of North Bay’s website at: www.cityofnorthbay.ca
