Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario

Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada

Motto: Working for you

1,241.99 sq. km.

Population
- Total (2001)
- Cdn. CD Rank:
- Density

988,948
Ranked 5th 796.3/km²

Navdeep Singh Bains, Colleen Beaumier, Ruby Dhalla, Albina Guarnieri, Wajid Khan, Gurbax S. Malhi, Carolyn Parrish, Paul Szabo, David Tilson

MPPss

Bob Delaney, Vic Dhillon, Ernie Eves, Peter Fonseca, Linda Jeffrey, Kuldip Kular, Tim Peterson, Harinder S. Takhar

Regional Chair

Emil Kolb

Governing body

Peel Regional Council

Region of Peel

Peel Regional Municipality encompasses the suburbs directly to the west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Within the Region are the cities of Brampton, Mississauga and the town of Caledon. Mississauga occupies the southernmost portion of the Region, a sprawling city of 620,000 (the sixth largest in Canada) that reaches from Lake Ontario north to Highway 407. In the centre is Brampton, a smaller city of 320,000, still one of the largest municipalities in Canada. Finally, by far the largest and the most sparsely populated part of the Region is in the north, where the massive town of Caledon (area-wise) is home to only 50,000 residents. The Region of Peel is the second-largest municipality in Ontario.

The Region was incorporated in 1974 to efficiently provide community services to the massive area. Owing to immigration and its transportation infrastructure (six highways pass through Peel and the Pearson International Airport is within its boundaries), the Region of Peel is a rapidly-growing area with a young population and an increasing profile. In recent years, the torrid growth in Mississauga has prompted many in the city to call for it to withdraw from Peel and become a single-tier city, arguing it pays far more into the Region and relinquishes far too much power.

The Region of Peel was named after Sir Robert Peel, the nineteenth-century Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Table of contents

1 Attractions
2 Protected Areas
3 Highways
4 Demographics
5 Surrounding Census Divisions
6 External link

Attractions

Brampton Airport (Caledon)

Brick Work Ruins (Caledon)

Bruce Trail (Caledon)
Caledon Trailway (Caledon)
Canadian Heritage Humber River (Caledon)
Elora-Cataract Trail (Caledon)
Grand Valley Trail (Caledon)
Great War Flying Museum (Caledon)
Humber Valley Trail (Caledon)
Lester B. Pearson International Airport (Mississauga)
Oak Ridges Trail (Caledon)
Sheridan College (Brampton)
University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus (Mississauga)
Vanier Correctional Institute (Brampton)
Wild Water Kingdom (Brampton)

Protected Areas

Albion Hills Conservation Area
Alton Forest Conservation Area
Belfountain Conservation Area
Caledon Lake Forest Conservation Area
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
Glen Haffy Conservation Area
Heart Lake Conservation Area
Ken Whillans Conservation Area
Palgrave Conservation Area
Rattray Marsh Conservation Area
Robert Baker Forest Conservation Area
Terra Cotta Forest Conservation Area
Warwick Conservation Area

Highways

Highways in Peel include:

Primary Highways: #7, #9, #10, #401, #403, #407, #409, #410, QEW

Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

Dwellings: 313,650

Surrounding Census Divisions

External link

Peel Region

Census Divisions of Ontario
Counties of Ontario: Bruce \| Dufferin \| Elgin \| Essex \| Frontenac \| Grey \| Haliburton \| Hastings \| Huron \| Lambton \| Lanark \| Leeds and Grenville \| Lennox and Addington \| Middlesex \| Northumberland \| Oxford \| Perth \| Peterborough \| Prescott and Russell \| Renfrew \| Simcoe \| Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry \| Wellington
Regional Municipalities of Ontario: Durham \| Halton \| Niagara \| Peel \| Waterloo \| York
Single Tier Municipalities of Ontario: Brant \| Brantford \| Chatham-Kent \| Greater Sudbury \| Haldimand \| Hamilton \| Kawartha Lakes \| Norfolk \| Ottawa \| Prince Edward \| Toronto
Districts of Ontario: Algoma \| Cochrane \| Kenora \| Manitoulin \| Muskoka \| Nipissing \| Parry Sound \| Rainy River \| Sudbury \| Thunder Bay \| Timiskaming