Caledon, Ontario

Caledon
—  Town  —
Ontario Highway 10 through Caledon
Caledon's location within Peel Region.
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional municipality	Peel Region
Established	January 1, 1974
Government
– Type	Town
– Mayor	Marolyn Morrison (List)
– Governing Body	Caledon Town Council
– MP	David Tilson (CPC)
– MPP	Sylvia Jones (PC)
Area[1]
– Land	687.17 km2 (265.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1]
– Total	57,050
– Density	83.0/km2 (215/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span
Area code(s)	905, 519
Website	www.town.caledon.on.ca

Caledon (2006 population 57,050) is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. In terms of land use, Caledon is somewhat urban, though it is primarily rural in nature. Many of Toronto's wealthiest citizens own large country estates in the area, among them many members of the Eaton Family, Norman Jewison, Shania Twain, Elton John and the inventors of the board game Trivial Pursuit. It consists of an amalgamation of a number of urban areas, villages, and hamlets; its major urban centre is Bolton, located on its eastern side adjacent to York Region.

Caledon is one of three municipalities of Peel Region. The town is located just northwest of the city of Brampton.

Maclean's magazine has named Caledon as the safest town in Canada to live in for two years running;^[2] however, local media reported in 2010 that crime rates have increased since the Maclean's article.^[3]

Government

Caledon is divided into five wards represented on town council by:

• Mayor Marolyn Morrison
• Area Councillor Ward 1 Doug Beffort
• Area Councillor Ward 2 Gord McClure
• Area Councillor Ward 3 & 4 Nick deBoer
• Area Councillor Ward 5 Rob Mezzapelli

Representation on regional council:

• Mayor Marolyn Morrison
• Regional Councillor Ward 1 Richard Paterak
• Regional Councillor Ward 2 Allan Thompson
• Regional Councillor Ward 3 & 4 Richard Whitehead
• Regional Councillor Ward 5 Patti Foley

Per capita, Caledon has by far the largest representation on Peel Regional Council among the three municipalities.

Caledon also has a Mayor's Youth Council consisting of about 20 Caledon youth who host two meetings each month. They hold positions mirroring the town council, and inform them about issues important to the youth of Caledon.

The Caledon East Complex Centre has recently had an ice pad built.

Media

• The Caledon Enterprise (est. 1888) is the largest of the town papers. It has been in circulation for decades. It is based in Bolton, Ontario.
• The Caledon Citizen (est. 1982) is a smaller newspaper that is generally distributed to Bolton only.
• The Regional (est. 2010)
• The Caledon Underground (est. 2010) is Caledon's only student run news paper. Its first paper was published on May 1, 2010. The Caledon Underground mainly prints letters to the editor.
• The Caledon Enterprise
• The Caledon Citizen
• The Regional
• The Caledon Underground

Key Porter Books and parent H.B. Fenn are both headquarters in Bolton. Broadcast radio stations CJFB-FM (B105.5) and CFGM-FM 102.7 FM, the latter of which airs tourist information at a low frequency.

Visible Minorities

Caledon has seen some migration of visible minorities in recent years. 4.97% of Caledon was a visible minority, of which the highest percent was of Blacks 30.74%, South Asians 27.94%, Chinese 8.38%, West Asian 7.19% and Latino 6.79%.^[4] Caledon also has small Arab, Japanese, Korean and Filipino populations.

Communities

Census	Population
1981	26,645
1991	34,965
2001	50,595
2006	57,050

The primary administrative and commercial centre of Caledon is the community of Bolton, which the municipal government estimated as having a population of 26,478 in 2006.^[5]

Smaller communities in the town include Albion, Alloa, Alton, Belfountain, Boston Mills, Brimstone, Caledon, Caledon East, Caledon village, Campbells Cross, Castlederg, Cataract, Cedar Meadows, Cedar Mills, Cheltenham, Claude, Coulterville, Ferndale, Forks of the Credit, The Grange, Humber, Humber Grove, Inglewood, Kilmanagh, Lockton, Mayfield West, Macville, Melville, McLeodville, Mono Mills, Mono Road, New Glasgow, Palgrave, Queensgate, Rockside, Rosehill, Sandhill, Silver Creek, Sleswick, Sligo, Snelgrove, Stonehart, Taylorwoods, Terra Cotta, Tormore, Valleywood and Victoria. The region is otherwise very sparsely populated with farms being the only residential centres.

Schools

School (Location)

• Allan Drive Middle School (Bolton)
• Alloa Public School (Caledon)
• Alton Public School (Alton)
• Belfountain Public School (Belfountain)
• Bolton Montessori School (Private)
• Caledon Central Public School (Caledon)
• Caledon East Public School (Caledon East)
• Countryside Montessori and Private School
• Creative Children's Montessori School (Bolton)
• Credit View Public School (Cheltenham)
• Ellwood Memorial Public School (Bolton)
• Herb Campbell Public School (Campbell's Cross)
• Holy Family
• Humberview Secondary School (Bolton)
• Huttonville Public School (Huttonville)
• King's College School (Private)
• James Bolton Public School (Bolton)
• Macville Public School (Bolton)
• Mayfield Secondary School (Caledon)
• Palgrave Public School (Palgrave)
• Pope John Paul II
• Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School (Caledon East)
• St. Cornelius (Caledon East)
• St. John the Baptist
• St. Nicholas
• St Michael Catholic Secondary School

Transportation

GO Transit operates two bus routes in Caledon;

• serving Bolton, Ontario from Nobleton through Kleinburg and Woodbridge connecting with the Etobicoke North GO Station on the Georgetown line.
• serving Bolton, Ontario along Peel Regional Road 50 and through east Malton connecting with Malton GO Station on the Georgetown line.
• serving Orangeville and Brampton connecting with Brampton GO Station on the Georgetown linevia Main Street/Highway 10.

Brampton Transit recently extended Route 30 Airport Road into the Tullamore Industrial Area within the Town of Caledon, with a total of six trips per day.

The town currently has no government-supported local public transit system. However, growing population prompted former local resident Darren Parberry^[6] to start a trial bus service with two routes, called Métis Transit, which ran briefly in 2006. Caledon Township also ran a commercial bus operations in 1999 under the name Caledon Transit Incorporated,^[7] but it ceased operations due to low ridership.

Transit services for the elderly, disabled, and infirm are provided by Caledon Community Services Transportation and Transhelp (run by Peel Region).

Taxi service is also available in the Bolton, Ontario area.

The highways in the municipality are:

• Airport Road or Peel Regional Road 7
• Hurontario Street or Highway 10
• Charleston Sideroad or Peel Regional Road 24 (formerly Highway 24)
• Queen Street or Peel Regional Road 50 (formerly Highway 50)
• Main Street and Porterfield Road, or Peel Regional Road 136 (formerly Highway 136)
• Highway 410 to Highway 10

Attractions

History and trails

• Brick Work Ruins (Caledon)
• Bruce Trail (Caledon)
• Caledon Trailway (Caledon)
• Canadian Heritage Humber River (Caledon)
• Elora-Cataract Trail (Caledon)
• Grand Valley Trail (Caledon)
• Great War Flying Museum (Caledon)
• Humber Valley Trail (Caledon)
• Andrew's Treasure Trail (Caledon)
• Oak Ridges Trail (Caledon)
• Hair Pin Turn (Beside the Credit River)
• Caledon Central Public School

Organizations

• Caledon Ski Club
• Downey's Farm Market & Estate Winery
• The Apple Factory
• Spirit Tree Estate Cidery

Protected areas

• Albion Hills Conservation Area (Caledon)
• Alton Forest Conservation Area (Caledon)
• Belfountain Conservation Area (Caledon)
• Caledon Lake Forest Conservation Area (Caledon)
• Cheltenham Badlands
• Forks of the Credit Provincial Park (Caledon)
• Glen Haffy Conservation Area (Caledon)
• Heart Lake Conservation Area (Brampton)
• Ken Whillans Conservation Area (Caledon)
• Palgrave Conservation Area (Caledon)
• Robert Baker Forest Conservation Area (Caledon)
• Terra Cotta Forest Conservation Area (Caledon)
• Warwick Conservation Area

Notable people, past and present

• Barry Stock, member of Canadian band Three Days Grace
• Skye Sweetnam, singer
• Kaitlyn Fitzgerald, 9th place finalist on So You Think You Can Dance Canada
• Peter Holland (ice hockey), NHL Player, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
• Makers of the board game Trivial Pursuit
• Todd Peters, Musician
• Sir William James Wanless, M.D., F.A.C.S., a surgeon and humanitarian who founded a medical mission in Miraj, India and led it for nearly 40 years.
• Wallace Lloyd Algie, VC, killed in action October 11, 1918 in Cambrai, France

Emergency services

• Fire - Town of Caledon Fire & Emergency Services - 9 Fire Stations
• Fire - Caledon Fire
• Police - Ontario Provincial Police
• Ambulance - Peel Regional Paramedic Services - Ambulance Stations in Bolton, Caledon Village & Snelgrove

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Statistics Canada 2006 Census - Caledon community profile
2. ^ "Where you can't get away with anything". Macleans.ca - Canada - Features. http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20080312_53738_53738. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 
3. ^ Caledon news report
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5. ^ [2]
6. ^ http://transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/data/200601070815.shtml
7. ^ http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/alltime/a2b-on.html

See also

• Media in Peel

External links

• Town of Caledon
• Mayors Youth Council
• Caledon Public Library
• Radio Caledon - The Home Of The B105.5 FM Bolton

Coordinates: 43°52′N 80°00′W / 43.867°N 80°W / 43.867; -80