Regional Municipality of Durham

The Regional Municipality of Durham, Durham Region known as a Regional Municipality 's (Regional Municipality ) in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The capital and seat of the Regional Council is Whitby. The population is 608 124 (2011), the area of ​​2523.62 km ², which corresponds to a population density of 241.0 inhabitants per km ².

Durham is part of the metropolitan region of the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe metropolitan area. The regional municipality is located immediately east of Toronto. It was formed in 1974 from parts of the former counties of Northumberland and Durham and Ontario.

Communities

  • Ajax
  • Brock
  • Clarington
  • Oshawa
  • Pickering
  • Scugog
  • Uxbridge
  • Whitby

Administratively independent is the Mississaugas of Scugog reserve Iceland.

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