From 1989 to 2023, it was a weekly non subscription-distribution newspaper in Peterborough, Ontario.

Staff also produced niche magazines and a variety of online services and provides digital media solutions.

[clarification needed] Peterborough This Week had a circulation reaching 48,000 homes and employs 150 people.

The current publisher is Dana Robbins, the general manager is Mary Babcock, and the editor-in-chief is Marcus Tully.

Peterborough This Week published a 3D issue on Wednesday, March 31, 2011, thanks in part to local business Kawartha Chrysler Jeep Dodge and their ad campaign.