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LaSalle is a town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. It is a bedroom community of the City of Windsor and part of the Windsor Census Metropolitan Area , and is located south of that city. LaSalle, along with Windsor, is the oldest French settlement area in Southwestern Ontario , and the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in Canada ...
A map of Toronto's Census Metropolitan Area, which contains a large portion of the GTA Toronto is the central city of the Greater Toronto Area. Mississauga is the largest city in Peel Region and the second-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area. Brampton, also in Peel Region, is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area.
Ontario has 52 cities, [1] which together had in 2016 a cumulative population of 9,900,179 and average population of 190,388. [2] The most and least populous are Toronto and Dryden, with 2,794,356 and 7,749 residents, respectively. [2] Ontario's newest city is Richmond Hill, whose council voted to change from a town to a city on March 26, 2019. [3]
In the Greater Toronto Area, there are 25 incorporated municipalities in either York Region, Halton Region, Peel Region, Durham Region or Toronto. According to the 2021 census , the Greater Toronto Area has a total population of 6,711,985.
Map showing the townships of Essex County in 1881. From the Illustrated atlas of the Dominion of Canada . By the late 19th century Essex County had seen fur trading and logging, land clearing and farming, road building and railway development, saw mills and gristmills, railway stations and water ports.
The climate of Mississauga is officially represented by Pearson International Airport but conditions can differ depending on location: fog tends to be more common along the lakeshore and in the Credit River Valley at certain times of year, particularly during the autumn. The southwestern side of the city (Clarkson) is usually significantly ...
After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, [16] the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. [17] During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by American troops. [18]
It is Canada's largest enclosed outlet mall. It opened in 1956 when the city was still known as Toronto Township, and is Mississauga's first shopping mall. Many factory outlets of premium brands are located in this mall. [97] Heartland Town Centre is an unenclosed power centre with 180 stores and restaurants. [98]