Regional Municipality of York

The Regional Municipality of York, also called York Region, is an Regional Municipality (Regional Municipality ) in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The capital and seat of the Regional Council is Newmarket. The population is 1,032,524 (2011), the area of ​​1762.17 km ², which corresponds to a population density of 585.9 inhabitants per km ².

York is part of the metropolitan region of the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe metropolitan area. The regional municipality located immediately north of Toronto and south of Lake Simcoe. It was formed in 1971 from parts of the former York County.

Communities

  • Aurora
  • East Gwillimbury
  • Georgina
  • King
  • Markham
  • Newmarket
  • Richmond Hill
  • Vaughan
  • Whitchurch- Stouffville

Administratively independent is the Chippewas of Georgina Iceland reserve First Nation on Lake Simcoe in Georgina Iceland.

Administrative centre Newmarket (Ontario) Aurora (Ontario) Georgina (name) Markham (Ontario) Richmond Hill, Ontario Brantford Hamilton (Ontario) Regional Municipality of Halton District Municipality of Muskoka Regional Municipality of Niagara Oxford County (Ontario) Regional Municipality of Peel Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bruce County Dufferin County Elgin County Essex County (Ontario) Frontenac County Grey County Haliburton County Hastings County Huron County (Ontario) Lambton County Lanark County United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Lennox and Addington County Middlesex County (Ontario) Northumberland County (Ontario) Perth County, Ontario Peterborough County United Counties of Prescott and Russell Renfrew County Simcoe County United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Wellington County, Ontario Algoma District Cochrane District Kenora District Manitoulin District Parry Sound District Rainy River District Sudbury District Thunder Bay District
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