Golden Horseshoe

Golden Horseshoe (Golden Horseshoe ) is a densely populated and industrialized region or metropolitan area around the western end of Lake Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. Large areas are also part of the Quebec City -Windsor Corridor. The population of approximately 8.1 million, representing approximately 25% of Canada's population and 75 % of the population of Ontario, making the Golden Horseshoe is one of the most densely populated regions of North America.

The region stretches from Niagara Falls at the eastern end of the Niagara Peninsula west to Hamilton and then northeastward across Toronto to Oshawa. To the west, the region extends up to Kitchener and Waterloo, north to Barrie. The area of ​​the Golden Horseshoe is approximately 33,500 km ². Of which 7300 km ² belong to a greenbelt in the rolling hills of the Niagara Escarpment and the Oak Ridges Moraine.

The term " Golden Horseshoe " fell for the first time in a speech by Herbert H. Rogge, president of Westinghouse, which he held on January 12, 1954 in front of the Chamber of Commerce of Hamilton. As a result, this term was used as a geographical indication. But in 2004 he received a quasi- official status as the Ministry of Infrastructure Renewal of the Province of Ontario released a report growth. This is the speech that includes not only the immediate coastal area several adjacent districts from the " Greater Golden Horseshoe ".