Albion Township, Ontario

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Albion Township
Location within Ontario
Coordinates: 43°55′26″N79°50′38″W / 43.92389°N 79.84389°W / 43.92389; -79.84389 Coordinates: 43°55′26″N79°50′38″W / 43.92389°N 79.84389°W / 43.92389; -79.84389 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Greater Toronto Area

Albion Township is a former incorporated municipality [2] now part of the town of Caledon, in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. [1] Its major population centre was Bolton. Albion Township was consolidated with Caledon Township and the northern half of Chinguacousy Township into the Town of Caledon.

Caledon, Ontario Town in Ontario, Canada

Caledon is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. Caledon is a developing urban area although it remains primarily rural. It consists of an amalgamation of a number of urban areas, villages, and hamlets; its major urban centre is Bolton on its eastern side adjacent to York Region.

Greater Toronto Area Metropolitan area in Ontario, Canada

The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is the most populous metropolitan area in Canada. It consists of the central city, Toronto, along with 25 surrounding cities and towns distributed among four regional municipalities: Durham, Halton, Peel, and York. According to the 2016 census, the Greater Toronto Area has a population of 6,417,516.

Ontario Province of Canada

Ontario is a province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province, with 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is also Ontario's provincial capital.

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Albion Road, a major roadway leading to the township from Weston (today part of the City of Toronto) is named after it.

Weston, Toronto Neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Toronto Provincial capital city in Ontario, Canada

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the most populous city in Canada, with a population of 2,731,571 as of 2016. Current to 2016, the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA), of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), held a population of 5,928,040, making it Canada's most populous CMA. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.

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  1. 1 2 "Caledon". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  2. ↑ "Map of the County of Peel". 1880 Map of Ontario Counties - The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project. McGill University . Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Albion Field Centre". 1981-2010 Canadian Climate Normals. Environment Canada. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
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