Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario

The Regional Municipality of Peel 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, which is still one of the larger municipalities in Canada. Finally, by far the largest (in area) and the most sparsely populated part of the region is Caledon, which is home to only 50,000 residents. The Region of Peel is the second-largest municipality in Ontario. The regional seat is in Brampton.

The Region was incorporated in 1974 and was legislated to provide community services to the large and highly urbanized 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.

Contents

5 Surrounding census divisions

6 External links

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 at Mississauga (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

Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

Dwellings: 313,650

Surrounding census divisions

External links

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 \| Perth \| Peterborough \| Prescott and Russell \| Renfrew \| Simcoe \| Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry \| Wellington
Regional Municipalities of Ontario: Durham \| Halton \| Niagara \| Oxford \| Peel \| Waterloo \| York
Single Tier Municipalities of Ontario: Brant \| Brantford \| Chatham-Kent \| Greater Sudbury \| Haldimand \| Hamilton \| Kawartha Lakes \| Norfolk \| Ottawa \| Prince Edward \| Toronto
Separated municipalities - Historic counties of Ontario
Districts of Ontario: Algoma \| Cochrane \| Kenora \| Manitoulin \| Muskoka \| Nipissing \| Parry Sound \| Rainy River \| Sudbury \| Thunder Bay \| Timiskaming