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Brampton, Ontario is a city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario , Canada . It is the seat of the Peel Regional Municipality . As of June 2005, Brampton's population stood at approximately 415,000, and it is estimated that by the year 2031, the city population will have almost doubled to 680,000 people. As one of Canada's fastest growing cities, the municipality has found it difficult to cope with its unprecendented growth, in terms of the provision of adequate Infrastructure . It celebrated its Sesquicentennial anniversary in 2003 , marking 150 years since its incorporation as a village in 1853 , taking its name from the rural village near Chesterfield in England . Major companies include Ford , Nortel , Para Paints , a Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, Nestlé , DaimlerChrysler Canada Ltd., Maple Lodge Farms , Zellers , Frito Lay Canada , MD Robotics , Parkinson Coach Line , Canadian Tire , and Humpty Dumpty . Brampton was once known as ''The Flowertown of Canada'', a title it earned due to the city's large Greenhouse industry, which included Dale's Flowers , a company that won many international Rose awards for nearly half a century. Cultural entities in the city are "umbrellaed" by the Brampton Arts Council . They include Visual Arts Brampton and the Brampton Symphony Orchestra . Also in the city is the Peel Heritage Complex , which is run by the Region of Peel. The city is home to Canadian Forces Army Reserve unit The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin And Halton Regiment) . The City of Brampton Citizens Award honours Long Term Service in volunteerism, Sports Achievement, and Arts Acclaim, the later two "designed to identify Brampton residents whose achievements have been recognized at the Provincial, National or International level". GEOGRAPHY See Also: Communities within Brampton, Ontario Brampton has a total land area of 265 square kilometres. The City of Brampton is bordered by Highway 50 ( Vaughan ) to the East, Winston Churchill Blvd ( Halton Hills ) to the West, Mayfield Road ( Caledon ) to the North and the Hydro Corridor ( Mississauga ) to the South. Brampton Market Profile (pdf) Brampton is made up of a number of smaller communities. Bramalea was built as a "satellite city", Canada's first when built in the 1960s. It was annexed into Brampton in 1974 , but still remains essentially autonomous in spirit, with even new residents responding that they live in Bramalea. Chinguacousy and Toronto Gore were two townships incorporated into Brampton mid-way through the twentieth century. From this merger, communities such as Bramalea, Heart Lake and Professor's Lake , Snelgrove , Tullamore , and Mayfield , were formed. Rural villages, such as Claireville, Ebenezer, Victoria, Springbrook, Churchville, Coleraine, and Huttonville were merged into the larger city. While only Huttonville and Churchville still exist as identifiable communities, other names like Claireville are re-emerging as names of new developments. The early 1980s brought new development, as the city released large tracts of land to residential developers. The large new suburban community of Springdale was developed in 1995 and is the area where most of the urban sprawl has taken place.This land began in its largest boom in 1999 , when development started to appear as far north as the city's border with Caledon. The Region has designated this border as being the Line Of Demarcation for urban development until 2021 . However, neighbouring communities not part of Peel have also been massively affected by the city's sudden spurt. The end of Brampton and start of Georgetown, for example, is essentially non-identifiable. DEMOGRAPHICS The City of Brampton has long been considered one of Canada's fastest growing communities. During the 1970s and early 1980s many English-speaking residents of Quebec moved to Brampton as a result of Quebec's French Language laws. Canadian-born population is relatively higher compared to some areas in the rest of the Toronto area. Recently Brampton's primary growth has constituted of immigrants. The city of Brampton has a fast growth rate considerably among those who are South Asian. From 1996 to 2001, the South Asian population grew from 34,000 to 63,000, including a significant share of Punjabi Sikhs. Religious Profile Population growth in Brampton
Note that this is only the population of Brampton proper, and does not include Bramalea, Chinguacousy, Gore, et al. before they were actually part of Brampton. Brampton is considered to be one of the safest cities in Canada by city officials. However there is a growing problem with Gangs , Drugs , and Violent Crime . Brampton's murder rate has gone from 2 in 2003, 4 in 2004 and up to 5 in 2005. Brampton is home to Peel Regional Police Headquarters, 22 Division . Police presence is very heavy due to crime and Gang violence which has skyrocketed in the region within the past 15 years since it has sprawled north of Bovaird . ATTRACTIONS
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POLITICS to call brampton B-town SPORTS TEAMS The city is host to the Brampton Battalion , an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) league team. Many Battalion players have been drafted to the NHL, or their AHL farm teams. The Brampton Excelsiors are a highly successful Lacrosse team, seven-time winners of the Mann Cup . They had victories in 1930, 1931, 1942, 1980, 1992, 1993, 1998, and 2002. The Junior Excelsiors won the Minto Cup in 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, and have made four other appearances as a finalist. Twenty-one Excelsiors players and thirteen "builders" have been inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall Of Fame . There are many sporting venues and activities including the outdoor Ice Path for Skating through Gage Park and the Ski Lift at Chinguacousy Park . In the summer amateur Softball leagues abound and crowds line the beaches at Professor's Lake . Mike Danton , born in Brampton as Mike Jefferson, is the city's most recent NHL entry. Danton however soon became charged by the FBI, for plotting to hire a hitman. The National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) is the highest level of women's ice Hockey in the world. The league was established in 1999 , and currently only consists of teams in Canada , including the Brampton Thunder . Its commissioner is Brampton, Ontario mayor Susan Fennell ; she has held the position since at least 2000 . Expansion is planned into the USA. Every year, since and the United States compete in this annual tournament. Teams from England , Switzerland , Japan , Kazakhstan and Russia attend this international tournament. ACCESSIBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION Brampton is optimally placed in the GTA, with access to most of the area's major roads; at one point in the 90s billboards advertised that "all roads lead to Brampton". It is served by major transportation routes: Highway 401 from Toronto is a short distance south in Mississauga , and is reached by Highway 410 . Highway 407 is the present unofficial boundary between Mississauga and Brampton (the true boundary is mainly the hydro lands to the south and the railway line in the south east), just south of Steeles Avenue , another thoroughfare from Toronto. The former Highway 7 (now Regional Road 107) is another east-west corridor, and Highway 427 is to the east. Both Canadian National Railways and the Orangeville-Brampton Railway short line (formerly part of the Canadian Pacific Railway line) run through the city, CN's Intermodal Yards are located east of Airport Road between Steeles and the Former Highway 7/Queen Street East . The CN Track from Toronto's Union Station , is the Georgetown GO Transit Rail Corridor providing commuter rail and bus services to and from Toronto with stops at Bramalea , Downtown Brampton , and Mount Pleasant . VIA Rail connects through Brampton as part of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor . The city is served by Brampton Airport for General Aviation , and is near Toronto Pearson International Airport for commercial flights. Local transit is provided by Brampton Transit , with connections to other systems such as Mississauga Transit , York Region Transit , and Toronto Transit Commission . EDUCATION Besides private post-secondary facilities, Brampton's only place of higher education is Sheridan College . Also with a campus in Oakville, Sheridan's "Davis Campus" primarily focusing on education for the business world and for trades. High schools in Brampton include Bramalea Secondary School , Brampton Centennial, Cardinal Leger Secondary School , Central Peel ( 1975 - 1976 champions of the game show Reach For The Top ), Chinguacousy, Fletcher's Meadow, Harold M. Brathwaite, Heart Lake (was the home school of an award-winning youth director), North Park, North Peel, Notre Dame, St.Augustine, St. Edmund Campion, St. Marguerite D'Youville , St. Thomas Aquinas and Turner Fenton (Canada's only campus-based high school). Brampton is also home to some known private schools. The first is Brampton Christian Schools operating just outside of Brampton, in Caledon. Tall Pines School puts a strong emphasis on the Montessori program. There is also Rowntree Montessori , which despite the name, follows a more traditional teaching style. NOTABLE BRAMPTONIANS NHLers include . Many non-Bramptonians have played on the Brampton Battalion OHL league team, and since become professional hockey players. Even TSN and NBC play-by-play announcer and author Chris Cuthbert is from Brampton. Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell started the NWHL for women's hockey, whose teams include the Brampton Thunder , many of whose players have competed and won at the Olympics. Players include Vicky Sonohara , Lori Dupuis , Jayna Hefford , Gillian Ferrari , Kelly Bechard , and Brampton-born Cassie Campbell , captain of the 2002 and 2006 national women's team. The Thunder's Kathleen Kauth plays for team USA. As one of the first openly- Gay television personalities in Canada, and a member of the noted comedy troupe '' Kids In The Hall '', Scott Thompson is one of the city's most notable citizens. Three Canadian premiers have got their start in Brampton. They are Premiers T.C. Norris and Howard Pawley OC of Manitoba, and "Brampton Billy", Ontario premier William Grenville Davis CC. Other notable politicians include John Coyne , Gordon Graydon . Many new, leading-role actors in Hollywood are Brampton-born. They include Shawn Ashmore ('' X-Men '' movie series, Terry Fox in ''Terry''), Michael Cera ('' Arrested Development ''), Paulo Costanzo ('' Joey ''), and Daryl Jaye ('' Invasion ''). There are many other actors and directors from Brampton, listed on the Internet Movie Database . They include Brenna O'Brien ('' Inuyasha ''), Andrew Bednarski , Daryl Jaye , Kris Lemche , Johanna Black , Joanne Boland , Sabrina Grdevich , Nicole Lyn , Brenna O'Brien , Leah Straatsma , Lynley Swain , Christopher Moloney , Geoffrey Engelbrecht , Allan Gillespie , Mike Henderson , Kris Lemche , Mark Penney , Jimmy Ruderman , Christopher Warre Smets , Colleen Embree , Scott Barrett , and Roblyn Williams . Others Notable people either born, raised, or living in Brampton.
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