Banking Institutions and Currency Exchange Beer and Liquor Sales Border Traffic Update Directions Distances Emergency Phone Numbers Maps

Medical Facilities Postal Services Public Internet Access Road and Weather Conditions Transportation Services Vessel Locations

 

 

 

Banking Institutions and Currency Exchange:

It is recommended that visitors use Canadian funds. Automatic teller machines offering debit card and INTERAC service are available at all banks, trust companies, and credit unions.   Caisse Populaire 287 Killaly Street E Branch: (905) 834-4811   CIBC 56 Clarence Street No Charge Dial 1-800-465-2422 Branch (905) 834-3671   Meridian Credit Union 43 Clarence Street (905) 834-6764   RBC Royal Bank 56 Clarence Street Customer Service Centre (Open 7 days/24 hours) No Charge Dial  1-800-769-2511   TD Canada Trust 148 Clarence Street 24 Hour Customer Service No Charge Dial 1-866-222-3456 Branch (905) 835-2437

 

Beer and Liquor Sales:

 

The Beer Store 420 Catharine Street (905) 834-3425   LCBO 144 Clarence Street (905) 834-4643   The Wine Rack Port Colborne Mall 287 West Side Road (905) 834-1335

 

Border Traffic Update:

 

To receive the latest border traffic updates, please visit U.S. Customs Service or Canada Customs and Revenue Agency websites.

 

 

Directions:

 

Port Colborne is less than 2 hours from Toronto, 30 minutes from Niagara Falls and St. Catharines, and only 20 minutes from the Peace Bridge crossing between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York. The community is bisected by Provincial Highway #3, a heritage highway linking Niagara with agricultural communities of Southwestern Ontario and the Windsor-Detroit border crossing.     From Toronto, Hamilton and Burlington: Follow the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) to Hwy 406 EXIT 49 toward Thorold/Welland/Port Colborne MERGE onto Provincial Route 406 South Turn LEFT onto E-MAIN/RR-27 Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto Provincial Route 140 Turn RIGHT on Provincial Route 3 (Main Street)    From Buffalo, New York: Take New York Thruway/I-190 N toward Peace Bridge Take EXIT 9 toward Peace Bridge/Fort Erie CANADA Peace Bridge becomes QEW Take Thompson Road South EXIT 2 Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto Garrison Road/Provincial Route 3 Turn LEFT on Killaly Street East/RR-5 FOLLOW into Port Colborne

 

Distances to Port Colborne:

 

City	Kms	Miles
Toronto, ON Niagara Falls, ON  Hamilton, ON Kitchener-Waterloo, ON Windsor, ON Ottawa, ON   Buffalo, NY   Rochester, NY Erie, PA  Cleveland, OH Detroit, MI	145 km 35 km 81 km 145 km 430 km 601 km 30 km 159 km 206 km 333 km 365 km	87 miles 21 miles 50 miles 87 miles 265 miles 370 miles 18 miles 92 miles 128 miles 208 miles 228 miles

                                                                  

 

Emergency Phone Numbers:

 

All Life Threatening Situations 911   Niagara Regional Police (NRP) (905)-735-7811   Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) 1-888-310-1122   Fire Department (905) 834-4521   Ambulance (905) 835-5029

 

 

Maps:

   

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Directions to Port Colborne: (click for full Mapquest directions)   Niagara Falls/Rainbow Bridge Fort Erie/Peace Bridge Toronto/401 East

 

Medical Facilities

 

Port Colborne General Hospital 260 Sugarloaf Street (905) 834-4501 (ER at west end)

Postal Services:

 

Port Colborne Postal Office 184 Elm Street (905) 834-3331

 

 

Public Internet Access:

 

 

Port Colborne Public Library 310 King Street (905) 834-6512 www.portcolbornelibrary.org

 

 

Road & Weather Conditions:

 

Contact the Ministry of Transportation 1-800-268-1376

Transportation Services:

 

CAA/AAA Road Service 10800-CAA-HELP; 905-684-4396   Buffalo Niagara International Airport 1-800-FLY-BNIA; www.buffaloairport.com   Coach Canada (Trentway-Wager) 1-800-461-7661 www.coachcanada.com   John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (905) 679-1999 www.hamiltonairport.com   Niagara Airbus 1-800-268-8111 www.niagaraairbus.com   Toronto Pearson International Airport (416) 247-7678; (416) 776-5100 www.gtaa.com   VIA Rail 1-888-842-7245 www.viarail.ca    Port Taxi 165 King Street (905) 835-2424

Vessel Locations:

 

Interested in finding out what vessels will be going through Lock 8 in Port Colborne? Just visit www.greatlakes-seaway.com for the latest information on vessel locations as they navigate through the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System.