Regional Municipality of Halton

The Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton region known as, is a Regional Municipality (Regional Municipality ) in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The capital and seat of the Regional Council is Milton. The population is 501 669 (2006), the area of ​​964.01 km ², which corresponds to a population density of 520.4 inhabitants per km ².

Halton is part of the metropolitan region of the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe metropolitan area. The regional municipality is located west of Toronto in the foothills of the Niagara Escarpment. It was formed in 1974 from parts of the former Halton County, whose main town of Burlington was.

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