Regional Municipality of York, Ontario
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| Motto: Ontario's Rising Star | ||
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| Area: | 1,761.64 sq. km. | |
| Population - Total (2001) - Cdn. CD Rank: - Density | 729,254 Ranked 8th 414.0/km² | |
| MPs | ||
| Maurizio Bevilacqua, Susan Kadis, John McCallum, Belinda Stronach, Lui Temelkovski, Peter Van Loan, Bryon Wilfert | ||
| MPPs | ||
| Frank Klees, Julia Munro, Mario Racco, Greg Sorbara, Tony Wong | ||
| Regional Chair | Bill Fisch | |
| Governing body | York Regional Council | |
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The Regional Municipality of York, also called York Region, is a regional municipality in south-central Ontario, Canada, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto. The population in 2005 was estimated at 890,000. It is the fastest growing census division in Canada, expected to surpass 1.5 million residents by 2020. The entire region is part of the Greater Toronto Area. The regional seat is in Newmarket.
Towns and cities in York Region include:
- Town of Aurora
- Town of East Gwillimbury
- Town of Georgina
- Township of King
- Town of Markham
- Town of Newmarket
- Town of Richmond Hill
- City of Vaughan
- Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
Contents
News media
News from every York Region municipalityAttractions
- Applewood Farm Winery (Whitchurch-Stouffville)
- Aurora Museum (Aurora)
- Buttonville Airport (Markham)
- Paramount Canada's Wonderland (Vaughan)
- Canadian Heritage Humber River
- Fred Varley Art Gallery (Markham)
- Georgina Village Museum (Georgina)
- King Township Museum (King)
- Markham Museum (Markham)
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Vaughan)
- Oak Ridges Moraine
- Oak Ridges Trail
- Pacific Mall (Markham)
- Puck's Farm (King)
- RHLS Narrow Gauge Railway (Whitchurch-Stouffville)
- Seneca College (King)
- Sharon Temple (East Gwillimbury)
- Sutton-Zephyr Trail
- Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum (Whitchurch-Stouffville)
- Willow Springs Winery (Whitchurch-Stouffvile)
- York Demonstration Forest (Whitchurch-Stouffville)
- Vaughan Mills (Vaughan)
Protected areas
- Baker Sugarbush Conservation Area
- Boyd Conservation Area
- Bruce's Mills Conservation Area
- Duclos Point Provincial Nature Reserve
- Gold Creek Conservation Area
- Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve
- Kortright Centre Conservation Area
- Lake St. George Conservation Area
- Mabel Davis Conservation Area
- Milne Park
- Pickering Lands Preservation Site
- Rogers Reservoir Conservation Area
- Sheppards Bush Conservation Area
- Sibbald Point Provincial Park
- Thornton Bales King Conservation Area
- Wesley Brooks Memorial Conservation Area
- Whitchurch Conservation Area
- Willow Beach Conservation Area
Highways
- Ontario provincial highway 9
- Ontario provincial highway 48
- Ontario provincial highway 400
- Ontario provincial highway 404
- 407 ETR
- Ontario provincial highway 427
Public transportation
Sister City
Flag of the city of Omsk
The Region of York signed a "Friendship Agreement" with the city of Omsk, Russia, on November 6 1996, and later signed a "Twinning Agreement" on August 28 1997.
Demographics
According to the Canada 2001 Census- Population:
- *in 2001: 729,254
- *in 1996: 592,445
- *change: +23.1%
- Land area (square km) 1,761.64
- Population density: 414.0 per square kilometre
- Total private dwellings: 229,239
- *Average value of dwelling: $298,018
- First Languages:
- *English: 59%
- *French: 1%
- *Other languages: 40%
- Visible Minority Groups:
- *Chinese: 13.9%
- *South Asian: 6.5%
- *Visible Minority Population: 30%
- Median total income of persons 15 years of age and over: $28,566
Adjacent census divisions
| North: Simcoe County, Ontario and Innisfil | |||||
| West: Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario | York Regional Municipality, Ontario | East: Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario | |||
| South: Toronto, Ontario |
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