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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]
Statistics Canada identified in 2001 that four major urban regions in Canada exhibited a cluster pattern of concentrated population growth among which included the Greater Golden Horseshoe Census Region, which includes all of the Greater Toronto Area (which includes Oshawa), as well as other Southern Ontario cities including Hamilton, Guelph ...
The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area ... Unlike the Golden Horseshoe, ... The population of the combined area is 7,281,694 as of 2021, [6] ...
Although it is physically in the county, Barrie is politically independent. The city is part of the extended urban area in southern Ontario known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe. As of the 2021 census, the city's population was 147,829, while the census metropolitan area had a population of 212,667 residents.
With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, [10] it is the fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, [11] while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. [10]
Statistics Canada has described the Greater Golden Horseshoe ... is a smaller version of a CMA in which the urban core population at the previous census was greater ...
The Greenbelt was established around the Golden Horseshoe, one of the fastest growing urban areas in North America. [2] The population in the region increased from 6.5 to 7.7 million between 1991 and 2001. [3] The population increase put urban development pressure on areas surrounding Greater Toronto and Hamilton.
The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006 (the Plan) is a regional growth management policy for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) area of southern Ontario, Canada. Introduced under the Places to Grow Act in 2005, the Plan was approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and enacted on June 16, 2006.