Salem is a Dispersed Rural Community and unincorporated place in the municipal township of Cramahe, Northumberland County in southern Ontario, Canada. The community is on Northumberland County Road 2 (formerly Ontario Highway 2) about east of Colborne and west of Brighton.
The community gives its name to two nearby geographic features: Salem Creek, which flows past the community to Lake Ontario; and Salem Hill, which rises to the north of the community.