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Golden Horseshoe

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The census divisions that constitute the original Golden Horseshoe appear in red on the map. The divisions in green are more recently considered part of the "Greater" Golden Horseshoe, formerly a region known as South Central Ontario.

The Golden Horseshoe is a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada. Although it is a geographically named sub-region of Southern Ontario, "Golden Horseshoe" is more frequently used to describe the urban agglomerations or metropolitan area that stretches across the area.

The built-up region extends from Niagara Falls at the eastern end of the Niagara Peninsula, wraps around Lake Ontario west to Hamilton, anchored by Toronto on the northwest shore of Lake Ontario, continuing to the east of Oshawa and spreading inland in all directions away from the Lake Ontario shoreline.

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[edit] Definition

A July 13, 2004 report from the provincial Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal entitled Places to Grow coined the term Greater Golden Horseshoe, extending the boundaries west to Waterloo Region, north to Barrie, and northeast to Peterborough.<ref>Places to Grow. Retrieved on 2006-09-13.</ref> A subsequent edition released February 16, 2005, broadened the term further, adding Brant, Haldimand and Northumberland Counties. Statistics Canada defined the region first in its 2001 census as the Extended Golden Horseshoe, combining many CMAs.

[edit] Demographics

Under the 2001 StatsCan definition, the population was 6,704,598 in the 2001 census.<ref name="2001census">Population and Dwelling Counts, Census Subdivisions (Municipalities) Included in the Extended Golden Horseshoe, 2001 and 1996 Censuses. Statistics Canada (2003). Retrieved on 2006-05-05.</ref><ref name="analysis">2001 Census Analysis Series - A profile of the Canadian population: where we live (PDF). Statistics Canada. Retrieved on 2006-05-05.</ref> Under the latest provincial definition, which inlcuded a further expanded area the 2001 population was 7.8 million (approx. 25% of the Canadian population, see "Places to Grow" reference #1). As of 2006, the estimate is 8.6 million.[citation needed] Some consider the Buffalo, New York region to be part of the Golden Horseshoe [1]. If included, the population would be over 9.7 million. The Ontario side is projected to grow to over 11.5 million people by the 2030s [2].

[edit] Name

The "horseshoe" part of the region's name is derived from the characteristic horseshoe shape of the west end of Lake Ontario with Burlington roughly positioned in the centre. The "golden" part is historically attributed to the region's wealth and prosperity, according to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary. (An alternative explanation often quoted attributes it to its bright, or "golden", appearance from space, as a result of a continuous urban stretch of nighttime lights; however, the name predates satellite imagery.)

[edit] List of CMA's above 100,000 (est. 2005 population)

  1. Toronto 2,700,000
  2. Peel Region (Mississauga-Brampton-Caledon) 1,100,000
  3. Regional Municipality of York 890,000
  4. Hamilton (Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth) 714,900
  5. Regional Municipality of Durham 510,000 (Includes Oshawa-Whitby-Clarington below)
  6. Kitchener-Waterloo 458,600
  7. St. Catharines-Niagara 396,900
  8. R.M. of Halton 380,000
  9. Oshawa (Whitby-Clarington) 340,300
  10. Barrie-Innisfil-Springwater 165,000
  11. Guelph 123,000
  12. Peterborough (Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield) 112,000

[edit] List of Cities/Regional Municipalities/Counties in the Golden Horseshoe

[edit] City of Toronto:

  1. Etobicoke
  2. North York
  3. York
  4. East York
  5. Scarborough

[edit] Regional Municipality of York

  1. Markham
  2. Richmond Hill
  3. Vaughan
  4. King Township
  5. Whitchurch-Stouffville
  6. Aurora
  7. Newmarket
  8. East Gwillimbury
  9. Georgina

[edit] Regional Municipality of Durham

  1. Pickering
  2. Ajax
  3. Whitby
  4. Oshawa
  5. Clarington
  6. Uxbridge
  7. Brock
  8. Scugog

[edit] Simcoe County

  1. Bradford-West Gwillimbury
  2. Innisfil
  3. Barrie
  4. Oro-Medonte
  5. Orillia
  6. Collingwood
  7. Clearview
  8. Springwater
  9. Essa
  10. New Tecumseth
  11. Adjala-Tosorontio

[edit] Dufferin County

  1. Orangeville
  2. Mono
  3. Mulmur
  4. Melancthon
  5. Amaranth
  6. East Luther-Grand Valley
  7. East Garafraxa

[edit] City of Kawartha Lakes

[edit] Regional Municipality of Peel

  1. Mississauga
  2. Brampton
  3. Caledon

[edit] Regional Municipality of Halton

  1. Oakville
  2. Burlington
  3. Halton Hills
  4. Milton

[edit] Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth

  1. Hamilton

[edit] Regional Municipality of Niagara

  1. Grimsby
  2. Lincoln
  3. St.Catharines
  4. Niagara-On-The-Lake
  5. Niagara Falls (City of)
  6. Fort Erie
  7. Port Colborne
  8. Wainfleet
  9. Pelham
  10. West Lincoln

[edit] City of Haldimond County

[edit] Greater Golden Horseshoe also includes these regions (census divisions)

Counties in upstate New York (occasionally considered part of the region[3])

[edit] References

<references />
Image:Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario
Regions Eastern Ontario - Central Ontario - Golden Horseshoe - Southwestern Ontario - Northern Ontario - Northeastern Ontario - Northwestern Ontario
Counties 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
Districts Algoma - Cochrane - Kenora - Manitoulin - Nipissing - Parry Sound - Rainy River - Sudbury - Thunder Bay - Timiskaming
Regional municipalities Durham - Halton - Muskoka - Niagara - Oxford - Peel - Waterloo - York
Single-tier municipalities Brant - Brantford - Chatham-Kent - Greater Sudbury - Haldimand - Hamilton - Kawartha Lakes - Norfolk - Ottawa - Prince Edward - Toronto
Separated municipalities Barrie - Belleville - Brantford - Brockville - Gananoque - Guelph - Kingston - London - Orillia - Pembroke - Peterborough - Prescott - Quinte West - Smiths Falls - St. Marys - St. Thomas - Stratford - Windsor
</td> <tr> <td width = 10% align="center">West:Southwestern Ontario
</td> <td width = 35% align="center">Golden Horseshoe</td> <td width = 30% align="center">East:Eastern Ontario</td> <tr><td width = 35% align="center">Southwest:Southwestern Ontario <td width = 30% align="center">South:Upstate New York/Niagara Frontier</td> <td width = 35% align="center">Southeast:Lake Ontario/
Finger Lakes </table>fr:Golden Horseshoepl:Golden Horseshoesv:Gyllene hästskon
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