Independent regional tourism initiative
For tourism organizations, municipalities & community groups
CentralOntario.ca is an independent visitor guide to Ontario’s lake country, built to help people discover the whole region, including the small, local businesses that larger platforms miss. We would like to work with the organizations that know it best.
The guide today · live from our database
295
local businesses listed
35
parks, trails & places
72
events in the calendar
23
sourced articles & trip guides
7
regions covered
What the guide does
Visitors rarely stay inside one municipal boundary. The guide joins Muskoka, Parry Sound, Simcoe County, Southern Georgian Bay, the Haliburton Highlands, the Kawarthas and Algonquin so a trip can be planned across all of them.
Every listing links straight to the business’s own website or booking page. We measure those referral clicks, so the value to local businesses can be reported, not guessed.
Any business in the region can be listed at no cost, then claim the listing to correct details and add its own photography.
Our published content is open to AI assistants through llms.txt, so travellers asking an assistant about Central Ontario get current, sourced local information with a link back.
Listings and places carry declared and verified accessibility features, and the directory can be filtered by them.
We write from the Nations’ own published sources and welcome guidance from First Nations and Métis communities on how their history and places are presented.
Ways to work together
Review or co-author guides in your area of expertise, from trails and parks to heritage and local food, credited on the page.
Connect an events calendar or listings directory so visitors see your information as it changes, with your organisation credited as the source.
Seasonal campaigns built around real places and businesses that spread visits across the year and across the region, always labelled where sponsored.
Aggregate reporting on what visitors look at and where they click through, by region and category, to support funding applications and planning.
CentralOntario.ca sits alongside MuskokaOntario.com, TheGreatLakes.ca, covering shoreline communities across all five Great Lakes, and ShopLocal.website, a Canadian local-business directory. A business or event shared with one can reach visitors on the others where it is relevant.
The network is developed by Jason Ansell, a Canadian technology entrepreneur, author and publisher based in Bracebridge. More about the hub.
Contact us about a partnership