Newcastle, Ontario

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Newcastle
Unincorporated community
King Avenue, Downtown Newcastle
Newcastle
Coordinates: 43°55′2″N 78°35′23″W / 43.91722°N 78.58972°W / 43.91722; -78.58972
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional Municipality	Durham
Municipality	Clarington
Incorporated (town)	1856
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Adrian Foster
Elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	9,167
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area	L1B, L1C
Area code(s)	289, 905
NTS Map	030M15
GNBC Code	FERHE

Newcastle is a community in the municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. The community inherits the former name of the present-day municipality which it belongs to.

Newcastle is located about 80 km east of Toronto, and about 18 km east of Oshawa and Bowmanville on Highway 401. It is also the southern terminus of Highway 35 and Highway 115. It has been named one of the best small towns in Ontario, by Comfort Life, a website for retirement living in Canada.^[1]