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Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada

'' Motto : Ontario's Rising Star''
Area :	1,761.64 sq. km.
Population  - Total (2001)  - Cdn. CD Rank: - Density	729,254 Ranked 8th 414.0/km&2
MP s
Maurizio Bevilacqua , Susan Kadis , John McCallum , Belinda Stronach , Lui Temelkovski , Peter Van Loan , Bryon Wilfert
MPP s
Frank Klees , Julia Munro , Mario Racco , Greg Sorbara , Tony Wong
Regional Chair	Bill Fisch
Governing body	York Regional Council
York Region

The Regional Municipality of York, also called '''York Region''', is a municipality in south-central Ontario , Canada , between Lake Simcoe and Toronto . The population in 2005 was 890,000. It is the fastest growing Census Division in Canada , expected to surpass 1.5 million residents by 2020. The entire region is part of the Greater Toronto Area . The regional seat is in Newmarket .

Towns and cities in York Region include:

• Town of Aurora


• Town of East Gwillimbury


• Town of Georgina


• Township of King


• Town of Markham


• Town of Newmarket


• Town of Richmond Hill


• City of Vaughan


• Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville

Within the municipality there is also one First Nation with an Indian Reserve , where the Chippewas Of Georgina Island First Nation reside.


ATTRACTIONS

• Applewood Farm Winery (Whitchurch-Stouffville)


• Aurora Museum (Aurora)


• Buttonville Airport (Markham)


• Paramount Canada's Wonderland (Vaughan)


• Canadian Heritage Humber River


• Georgina Village Museum (Georgina)


• King Township Museum (King)


• Markham Museum (Markham)


• McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Vaughan)


• Oak Ridges Moraine


• Oak Ridges Trail


• Pacific Mall (Markham)


• Puck's Farm (King)


• RHLS Narrow Gauge Railway (Whitchurch-Stouffville)


• Seneca College (King)


• Sharon Temple (East Gwillimbury)


• Sutton-Zephyr Trail


• Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum (Whitchurch-Stouffville)


• Willow Springs Winery (Whitchurch-Stouffvile)


• York Demonstration Forest (Whitchurch-Stouffville)


• Vaughan Mills (Vaughan)

PROTECTED AREAS

• Baker Sugarbush Conservation Area


• Boyd Conservation Area


• Bruce's Mills Conservation Area


• Duclos Point Provincial Nature Reserve


• Gold Creek Conservation Area


• Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve


• Kortright Centre Conservation Area


• Lake St. George Conservation Area


• Mabel Davis Conservation Area


• Milne Park


• Pickering Lands Preservation Site


• Rogers Resevoir Conservation Area


• Sheppards Bush Conservation Area


• Sibbald Point Provincial Park


• Thornton Bales King Conservation Area


• Wesley Brooks Memorial Conservation Area


• Whitchurch Conservation Area


• Willow Beach Conservation Area

HIGHWAYS

• Ontario Provincial Highway 9


• Ontario Provincial Highway 48


• Ontario Provincial Highway 400


• Ontario Provincial Highway 404


• 407 ETR


• Ontario Provincial Highway 427

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

• York Region Transit


• Viva (bus Rapid Transit)


• GO Transit


• Toronto Transit Commission

DEMOGRAPHICS

''According to the Canada 2001 Census ''

• Dwellings: 229,239

ADJACENT CENSUS DIVISIONS

	North: Simcoe County, Ontario and Innisfil OPP
West: Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario	York Regional Municipality, Ontario	East: Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario
	South: Toronto, Ontario

EXTERNAL LINKS

• York Region website