| Caledon | |||
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| Ontario Highway 10 through Caledon | |||
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| Caledon's location within Peel Region. | |||
| Country | Canada | ||
| Province | Ontario | ||
| Regional municipality | Peel Region | ||
| Established | January 1, 1974 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Town | ||
| • Mayor | Marolyn Morrison (List) | ||
| • Governing Body | Caledon Town Council | ||
| • MP | David Tilson (CPC) | ||
| • MPP | Sylvia Jones (PC) | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • Land | 687.17 km2 (265.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006)[1] | |||
| • Total | 57,050 | ||
| • Density | 83.0/km2 (215/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| Postal code span | |||
| Area code(s) | 905, 519 | ||
| Website | www.town.caledon.on.ca | ||
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, Shania Twain, Elton John 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 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 northwest of the city of Brampton.
Maclean's magazine has named Caledon as the safest town in Canada to live in for two years running;[2] however, local media reported in 2010 that crime rates have increased since the Maclean's article.[3]
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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.
Key Porter Books and parent H.B. Fenn are both headquarters in Bolton. Broadcast radio stations CJFB-FM (B105.5) and CFGM-FM 102.7 FM, the latter of which airs tourist information at a low frequency.
Caledon has seen some migration of visible minorities in recent years. 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%.[4] Caledon also has small Arab, Japanese, Korean and Filipino populations.
| Census | Population |
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| 1981 | 26,645 |
| 1991 | 34,965 |
| 2001 | 50,595 |
| 2006 | 57,050 |
The primary administrative and commercial centre of Caledon is the community of Bolton, which the municipal government estimated as having a population of 26,478 in 2006.[5]
Smaller communities in the town include Albion, Alloa, Alton, Belfountain, Boston Mills, Brimstone, Caledon, Caledon East, Caledon village, Campbells Cross, Castlederg, Cataract, Cedar Meadows, Cedar Mills, Cheltenham, Claude, Coulterville, Ferndale, Forks of the Credit, The Grange, Humber, Humber Grove, Inglewood, Kilmanagh, Lockton, Mayfield West, Macville, Melville, McLeodville, Mono Mills, Mono Road, New Glasgow, Palgrave, Queensgate, Rockside, Rosehill, Sandhill, Silver Creek, Sleswick, Sligo, Snelgrove, Stonehart, Taylorwoods, Terra Cotta, Tormore, Valleywood and Victoria. The region is otherwise very sparsely populated with farms being the only residential centres.
School (Location)
GO Transit operates two bus routes in Caledon;
Brampton Transit recently extended Route 30 Airport Road into the Tullamore Industrial Area within the Town of Caledon, with a total of six trips per day.
The town currently has no government-supported local public transit system. However, growing population prompted former local resident Darren Parberry[6] to start a trial bus service with two routes, called Métis Transit, which ran briefly in 2006. Caledon Township also ran a commercial bus operations in 1999 under the name Caledon Transit Incorporated,[7] but it ceased operations due to low ridership.
Transit services for the elderly, disabled, and infirm are provided by Caledon Community Services Transportation and Transhelp (run by Peel Region).
Taxi service is also available in the Bolton, Ontario area.
The highways in the municipality are:
| Orangeville | Mono, Adjala-Tosorontio | New Tecumseth | ||
| East Garafraxa Erin |
King Vaughan |
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| Halton Hills | Brampton |
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