Port Dover is an unincorporated community and former town

Town

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 located in Norfolk County

Norfolk County, Ontario

Norfolk County is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Bloomsburg is a small town located in Norfolk County and is the hometown of David Slater. The county seat and largest community is Simcoe...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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 on the north shore of Lake Erie

Lake Erie

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.

Census	Population
1841	400
1871	1,100
1901	1,177
1911	1,138
1921	1,462
1931	1,707
1941	1,968
1951	2,440
1961	3,064
1971	3,407
1981	N/A
1991	N/A
2001	5,527
2006	5,949

The community was the subject of an American raid during the War of 1812

War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...

, on May 14, 1814.
In 1835, Port Dover was incorporated as a village and later as a town. In 1974, the town was amalgamated into the new city of Nanticoke

Nanticoke, Ontario

Nanticoke is an unincorporated community and former city located on the western border of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. It is southeast of Simcoe in neighbouring Norfolk County and south of Brantford...

 within the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk. In 2001, Nanticoke and all other municipalities within the region were dissolved and the region was divided into two single tier municipalities with city-status but called counties. Port Dover is now an unincorporated community in Ward 6 of Norfolk County.

The Canadian Coast Guard

Canadian Coast Guard

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 stationed the Cape-class motor lifeboat CCGS Cape Lambton

CCGS Cape Lambton

The CCGS Cape Lambton is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.The ship is named for the southern tip of Banks Island in the Northwest Territories and in turn named for Lord Durham, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham....

in the community in 2005.

Port Dover is also home to the Dover Coast (www.DoverCoast.ca) adult lifestyle community residential development.