Caledon, Ontario
Caledon (2006 Population 57,050) is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. 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 and the inventors of the board game Trivial Pursuit. It consists of an amalgamation of a number of urban areas, villages, and hamlets; its major urban centre with typified surbuban housing mixed with old town charm is Bolton, located on its eastern side adjacent to York Region.
Caledon is one of three municipalities of Peel Region. The town is located just north of the city of Brampton.
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Government
Caledon is divided into five wards represented on town council by:
- Mayor Marolyn Morrison
- Area Councillor Ward 1
- Area Councillor Ward 2
- Area Councillor Ward 3 & 4
- Area Councillor Ward 5
Representation on regional council:
- Mayor Marolyn Morrison
- Regional Councillor Ward 1
- Regional Councillor Ward 2 Allan Thompson
- Regional Councillor Ward 3 & 4
- Regional Councillor Ward 5
Per capita, Caledon has by far the largest representation on Peel Regional Council among the three municipalities.
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.
Caledon East has recently begun construction on a new recreation center that will contain one pad of ice for hockey.
Communities
Transportation
GO Transit operates two bus routes in Caledon;
- serving Bolton, Ontario from Nobleton Vaughan through Kleinberg andWoodbridge with the Etobicoke North (GO Station) on the Georgetown line.
- serving Orangeville and Brampton connecting with Brampton (GO Station) or Bramalea (GO Station) via Main Street/Highway 10.
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. [1]
Accessible transit services are provided by Caledon Community Services Transportation and Transhelp (run by Peel Region).
The highways in the municipality are:
- Mississauga Road or
- Airport Road or Peel Regional Road 7
- Hurontario Street or Highway 10
- Peel Regional Road 50 (formerly Highway 50)
- Highway 410 to Highway 10 (under construction)
Attractions
History and trails
- 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)
- Oak Ridges Trail (Caledon)
Protected areas
- Albion Hills Conservation Area (Caledon)
- Alton Forest Conservation Area (Caledon)
- Belfountain Conservation Area (Caledon)
- Caledon Lake Forest Conservation Area (Caledon)
- Forks of the Credit Provincial Park (Caledon)
- Glen Haffy Conservation Area (Caledon)
- Heart Lake Conservation Area (Brampton)
- Ken Whillans Conservation Area (Caledon)
- Palgrave Conservation Area (Caledon)
- Robert Baker Forest Conservation Area (Caledon)
- Terra Cotta Forest Conservation Area (Caledon)
- Warwick Conservation Area (Caledon)
Emergency services
- Fire - Town of Caledon Fire Service - 9 fire halls
- Police - Ontario Provincial Police
- Ambulance - Peel Regional Paramedic Services - 2 stations in Bolton, Ontario and Caledon, Ontario
Footnotes
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Brampton |
Municipalities of Peel Region, Ontario |
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City of Brampton • Town of Caledon • City of Mississauga |
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Largest City: | Toronto | |
Regions: | Durham Region • Halton Region • Peel Region • York Region • City of Hamilton • Niagara Region | |
Cities: | Brampton • Burlington • Mississauga • Niagara Falls • Oshawa • Pickering • Port Colborne • St. Catharines • Thorold • Vaughan • Welland | |
Towns and Major Communities: | Ajax • Aurora • Bolton • Bowmanville • Brock • Buttonville • Caledon • Clarington • Concord • East Gwillimbury • Fort Erie • Georgina • Grimsby • Lincoln • Halton Hills • Keswick • King • Kleinburg • Maple • Markham • Milton • Newmarket • Niagara-on-the-Lake • Oakville • Pelham • Richmond Hill • Scugog • Sutton • Thornhill • Unionville • Uxbridge • Whitby • Whitchurch-Stouffville • Woodbridge |