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A map showing which census divisions make up the en:Golden Horseshoe (red) and the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Green) Date: 15 October 2007: Source: Crop and trace of Image:Canada (geolocalisation).svg; trace of Image:Ontario subdivisions.PNG. Author: Vidioman: Other versions: en:Image:Goldhorse.PNG
Based on the 2021 census, with a population of 7,759,635 people in its core and 9,765,188 in its greater area, the Golden Horseshoe accounts for over 20 percent of the population of Canada and more than 54 percent of Ontario's population. [2] It is part of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, itself part of the Great Lakes megalopolis.
The Greater Toronto Area is a part of several larger areas in Southern Ontario. The area is also combined with the city of Hamilton to form a conurbation known as the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). [5] [6] The GTHA combined with Niagara Region form the core of the Golden Horseshoe.
Almost all of southern Ontario either falls in the Köppen climate classification Dfb or Dfa, found in Windsor and over a large part of Southwestern Ontario, and further to the east, in the city of Toronto and over most of the southern half of the Golden Horseshoe wrapping around the west end of Lake Ontario, which encompasses the Niagara Region.
Southwestern Ontario is often not consistently defined. In certain documents, the Government of Ontario classifies municipalities along the eastern side of Southwestern Ontario near the Grand River, including Brant County, Waterloo Region, and Wellington County, as part of the Greater Golden Horseshoe region that surrounds western Lake Ontario, mainly due to the presence of modern ...
The Golden Horseshoe's population is projected to increase to 11.5 million by 2031. [3] A map showing the general areas of the Greenbelt and other related zones protected from urban development. The idea of establishing a greenbelt in Ontario was created by Premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty in his Speech from the Throne in November 2003. Bill ...
This is a list of historic places in Golden Horseshoe, the region of Ontario on the northwestern and western shores of Lake Ontario.It contains heritage sites listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP), all of which are designated as historic places either locally, provincially, territorially, nationally, or by more than one level of government.
North End, view from atop of Stelco Tower. Hamilton is located on the western end of the Niagara Peninsula and wraps around the westernmost part of the Lake Ontario. Most of the city including the downtown section lies along the south shore. Situated in the geographic centre of the Golden Horseshoe, it lies roughly midway between Toronto and ...