Clarington
Homes for Sale.
Rural charm meets modern convenience and real value.
Typical Range
$600K – $1.4M (huge range, rural acreage skews high)
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Housing Style
Detached, rural acreage, heritage homes in Bowmanville core.
Commute
75 min to Union Station via GO (Bowmanville extension improving this).
The Vibe
Rural-meets-suburban. Value, space, and genuine small-town feel.
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101,427
Population (2021)
+10.2%
Growth 2016–2021
4 urban + 8 hamlets
Communities included
40+ km
Lake Ontario waterfront
Darlington Nuclear
Major employer
What it’s actually like
to live in Clarington.
Clarington is what people picture when they imagine the version of the GTA they could actually afford. Big lots, heritage main streets, working farms a five-minute drive from the highway, and a sense of community that has not been redeveloped out of existence. Bowmanville, Courtice, Newcastle, Orono, and a string of rural hamlets like Tyrone, Hampton, and Enniskillen all sit within Clarington's borders, and the result is the most varied housing market in Durham Region.
The draw is value. Clarington consistently delivers more square footage, more lot, and more driveway for the dollar than anywhere else in Durham. A 40-acre hobby farm, a new four-bedroom subdivision home, a heritage Victorian on a tree-lined street. They all exist here, and the prices are still within reach. The trade-off is commute distance, but with the GO Train extension under construction and Highway 418 connecting to the 407, the math is shifting fast.
What surprises buyers most is the lifestyle. Saturday mornings at Tyrone Mills for cider donuts, summer afternoons at Darlington Provincial Park, fall weekends at the Orono Fair, winter races at Mosport. There is a rhythm to the year here that is impossible to find inside the GTA proper, and it is the reason most Clarington residents will never leave.
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How Clarington
got here.
Clarington was formed in 1974 when the Town of Bowmanville, Village of Newcastle, and the townships of Clarke and Darlington amalgamated as the Town of Newcastle. In 1993 it was renamed Clarington, blending Clarke and Darlington. Rooted in agricultural heritage and small-town main streets, the municipality grew alongside the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, which opened in the early 1990s and remains one of Ontario's largest clean-energy facilities.
The reasons people
stay in Clarington.
Every community has the things you find in the brochure and the things you only find by living here. Here are the ones worth knowing about before you fall in love.
01
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
The legendary 4 km Mosport road circuit hosting NASCAR, IMSA, and motorcycle racing just north of Bowmanville.
02
Tyrone Mills
Working 1846 grist mill and bakery in a tucked-away Clarington hamlet, famous for cider donuts and weekend visits from the whole region.
03
Jungle Cat World
Orono wildlife park specializing in big cats, with daytime tours and overnight zoo stays.
04
Darlington Provincial Park
Lake Ontario waterfront park on Clarington's western edge with camping, beach, and the Waterfront Trail.
05
Bowmanville Museum
The Sarah Jane Williams Heritage Centre, a restored Victorian home telling Clarington's story from settlement through the Goodyear era.
06
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington
Public art gallery housed in a restored 1903 stone mill on Soper Creek in Bowmanville.
07
Algoma Orchards & Archibald Estate Winery
Apple country with cidery, winery, and pick-your-own orchards minutes apart in Newcastle and Bowmanville.
08
Camp 30 National Historic Site
The only WWII German officer POW camp in North America, in Bowmanville, now a designated National Historic Site.
09
Diane Hamre Recreation Complex
Modern Newcastle facility with NHL-size ice and aquatic centre.
Healthcare
Lakeridge Health Bowmanville
Full-service community hospital on Liberty Street with 24/7 ER, surgery, maternity, and diagnostic imaging, central to all of Clarington.
Lakeridge Health Oshawa
Regional referral hospital and cancer centre roughly 15 minutes west via Highway 401 for advanced specialty care.
Schools
Clarington Central Secondary School
Public secondary school, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, grades 9 to 12. 200 Clarington Blvd., Bowmanville.
Courtice Secondary School
Public secondary school, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, grades 9 to 12. 1717 Nash Road, Courtice.
St. Stephen Catholic Secondary School
Catholic secondary school, Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board, grades 9 to 12. 300 Scugog St, Bowmanville.
In Clarington, public schools are run by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPRDSB) and Catholic schools by the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board (PVNCCDSB). Conseil scolaire Viamonde also serves Clarington with French-language schools. School names, boards and grades were checked on October 29, 2026 against the school boards' own directories and the Ontario Ministry of Education school lists.
Boundaries are set by the boards and can change. Confirm the school for a specific address with the board's own locator: KPRDSB Find a School, PVNCCDSB School Finder, Viamonde school finder (in French).
Parks & Recreation
Bowmanville Valley & Soper Creek Trails
Connected ravine trail system winding through Bowmanville along the creeks all the way to Lake Ontario.
Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex
Bowmanville arena, pool, and fitness hub that anchors community life and big regional events.
Newcastle Waterfront
Heritage Newcastle Community Hall plus the Port of Newcastle marina, beach, and lakefront walking paths.
Courtice Community Complex
Indoor pool, library branch, and program space serving the fast-growing west end of Clarington.
Year-round in Clarington,
things to look forward to.
The events that turn a town into a community. Mark these on the calendar before you even unpack.
Late November–December
Five Community Christmas Parades
Clarington famously hosts five separate Christmas parades (Bowmanville, Newcastle, Courtice, Orono, and Tyrone), a uniquely small-town tradition.
August
Boots and Hearts Music Festival
One of Canada's largest country music camping festivals, held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Early September
Orono Fair
Running every year since 1852, one of Ontario's oldest agricultural fairs, with livestock shows, midway, and demolition derby.
October
Bowmanville Applefest
King Street closes for 250+ vendors, apple pies, music, and a midway celebrating Clarington's orchard heritage.
Early May
Maplefest and Antique Show
Downtown Bowmanville closes King Street for vendors, maple syrup demos, classic cars, and live music.
People who came
from Clarington.
Towns are shaped by the people who grow up in them. These are some of the names Clarington has sent into the world.
Samuel McLaughlin
Enniskillen-born industrialist who founded the McLaughlin Motor Car Company in 1904, the forerunner of GM Canada.
Erin O'Toole
Former federal Conservative Party leader and longtime Bowmanville resident.
Charles Bowman
Scottish-born Montreal merchant and namesake of Bowmanville, the largest community in Clarington.
Sir Sam Hughes
Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence during World War I.
Mike Keenan
Stanley Cup-winning NHL coach.
Where Clarington
eats out.
Clarington's food culture leans on its working farmland. Algoma Orchards (Newcastle) and Archibald Orchards & Estate Winery (Bowmanville) anchor a true farm-gate scene with cider, pies, and pick-your-own. Tyrone Mills still grinds its own flour and bakes legendary butter tarts and donuts on site. Downtown Bowmanville's heritage King Street has filled in with independent gastropubs and cafes, while Newcastle Village offers Massey House and the long-running Newcastle Town Hall pub scene. Manantler Craft Brewing pours locally, and seasonal farmers markets in Bowmanville, Orono, and Newcastle keep menus genuinely local year-round.
Transit & commute.
Clarington sits on Highway 401 with Highways 35/115 providing the main route north toward Peterborough and the Kawarthas, and Highway 407 ETR connecting west across the GTA. GO Transit bus service runs from Bowmanville and Newcastle to Oshawa GO, and the long-planned Lakeshore East GO Train extension is now under construction with new stations coming to Courtice and Bowmanville. Driving downtown to Toronto from Bowmanville is typically 75–90 minutes off-peak.
Clarington,
the real story.
What areas does Clarington cover?
Clarington is a municipality containing Bowmanville, Courtice, Newcastle, Orono, and several rural hamlets. It is Durham Region's largest municipality by land area.
What is Clarington housing like?
Extremely varied. Central Bowmanville holds heritage homes and tree-lined streets. Courtice is newer subdivision growth. Rural Clarington has acreage, hobby farms, and estate lots.
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