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Map showing Caledon's location in Peel Region
Map showing Caledon's location in Peel Region

Caledon (2006 Population 57,050) is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan The Greater Toronto Area (locally abbreviated as the GTA) is the most populous Metropolitan area in Canada. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page In terms of land use, Caledon is somewhat urban, though it is primarily rural in nature. Many of Toronto's wealthiest citizens own large country estates in the area, among them many members of the Eaton Family, Norman Jewison, Elton John and the inventors of the board game Trivial Pursuit. The Eaton family of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, were owners of the Eaton's Department stores a national chain that was founded Norman Frederick Jewison CC, BA, LLD (born July 21, 1926) is an Academy Award -winning Canadian Film Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Trivial Pursuit is a Board game in which progress is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge and Popular culture questions It consists of an amalgamation of a number of urban areas, villages, and hamlets; its major urban centre with typified suburban housing mixed with old town charm is Bolton, located on its eastern side adjacent to York Region. Bolton is the most populated community in the town of Caledon, located in the Region of Peel, approximately 50 kilometers north-west of Toronto, in

Caledon is one of three municipalities of Peel Region. The town is located just northwest of the city of Brampton. Brampton (pronounced bramton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region.

Maclean's magazine has named Caledon as the safest town in Canada to live in. Maclean's is a Canadian weekly News magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics pop culture and current events [1]


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Government

Caledon is divided into five wards represented on town council by:

Representation on regional council:

Per capita, Caledon has by far the largest representation on Peel Regional Council among the three municipalities. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Marolyn Morrison is mayor of the town of Caledon Ontario, Canada. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Marolyn Morrison is mayor of the town of Caledon Ontario, Canada. Peel Regional Council is the governing body of the Regional Municipality of Peel Ontario, Canada.

Caledon also has a Mayor's Youth Council consisting of about 20 Caledon youth who host two meetings each month. They hold positions mirroring the town council, and inform them about issues important to the youth of Caledon.

The Caledon East Complex Centre has recently had an ice pad built.

Visible Minorities

Just as many Southern Ontario municipalities, Caledon has seen a large amount of visible minorities in recent years. Southern Ontario is the portion of the Canadian province of Ontario lying south of the French River and Algonquin Park. 4. 97% of Caledon was a visible minority, of which the highest percent was of Blacks 30. 74%, South Asians 27. 94%, Chinese 8. 38%, West Asian 7. 19% and Latino 6. 79%[1]. Caledon also has a small Arab, Japanese, Korean and Filipino population.

Communities

Transportation

GO Transit operates two bus routes in Caledon;

The town currently has no government-supported local public transit system. However, growing population prompted a resident to start a private-owned transit company named Métis Transit Limited that briefly ran a service in 2006. [2]

Accessible transit services are provided by Caledon Community Services Transportation and Transhelp (run by Peel Region). Caledon Community Services Transportation is an accessible bus service for residents of Caledon in the Regional Municipality of Peel Ontario, Canada. Transhelp is a separate accessible transit system operated by and serving all of Peel Region.

The highways in the municipality are:

Attractions

History and trails

Protected areas

Emergency services

Footnotes

  1. ^ Where you can't get away with anything Macleans.ca - Canada - Features. Peel Regional Road 1, or Erin Mills Parkway is a multi-lane north-south street in western Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Peel Regional Road 7 or locally known as Airport Road is a major thoroughfare in Ontario, Canada especially in the Greater Toronto Area. Hurontario Street is a roadway running in Ontario, Canada between Lake Ontario at Mississauga and Lake Huron 's Georgian Bay Highway 10 is a provincial highway in Ontario, Canada. This highway joins Brampton to Owen Sound. Peel Regional Road 50 (formerly known as Highway 50) is a former Provincial highway in Ontario Canada, running northwest from Toronto The following highways are numbered 410: England 410 Bus Route (National Express West Midlands Canada The Bruce Trail is a Hiking (and multi-use trail in southern and central Ontario, Canada. This article is about the river in Toronto Ontario Canada Links to other rivers of the same name can be found here. The Ontario Provincial Police ( OPP) is the Provincial Police force for the province of Ontario, Canada. Peel Region Paramedics Services ( EMS) provides ambulatory and paramedic care for the municipalities within Peel Region, in Ontario, Canada Retrieved on 2008-04-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop

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