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Valley East — Community — Location of Valley East within Greater Sudbury.
Country Canada 
Province Ontario 
City Greater Sudbury Ward 5, 6 Incorporated (Town) 1973 Incorporated (City) 1997 Dissolved 2000 Government – City Councillors Ron Dupuis, André Rivest – Governing Body Greater Sudbury City Council – MPs Claude Gravelle (NDP) – MPPs France Gélinas (NDP) Population (2001)Statistics Canada – Total 22,374 Time zone EST (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) Postal Code FSA P3N, P3P Area code(s) 705 Website Valley East Community Action Network Valley East was a city in Ontario, Canada, which existed from 1973 to 2000.
It was created as part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, and took its name from the fact that it comprised the eastern half of the Sudbury Basin.
It was the largest of the six towns in the Regional Municipality, and due to population growth, was reincorporated as a city in 1997. On January 1, 2001, the city and the Regional Municipality were dissolved and amalgamated into the city of Greater Sudbury.
Before the amalgamation, Valley East was Northern Ontario's sixth largest city, ranking after Timmins and before Kenora. In 2001, the last Canadian census that recorded Valley East as a separate entity, the city had a population of 22,374.
Valley East is now divided between Wards 5 and 6 on Greater Sudbury City Council, and is represented by councillors Ron Dupuis and André Rivest.
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Communities
Blezard Valley
Blezard Valley is located in the geographic township of Blezard, and was named in the 1880s for Thomas Blezard.
Hanmer
The township of Hanmer has been around since the early 1900s. It currently has two secondary schools, École secondaire Hanmer and Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary. It has one indoor mall complex, the Hanmer Valley Shopping Centre. Hanmer also boasts two churches: St-Jacques and the Valley Pentecostal Church. There are many children's parks as well as groomed trails for recreational motor sports.
Val-Caron
Notable residents of Val Caron include former NHL player Ron Duguay, and NHL hockey player Andrew Brunette. Address and telephone service in Val Caron also includes the smaller neighbourhoods of Flake, Guilletville, Laurentian and McCrea Heights. Also has two high schools; Confederation Secondary School and l'E.S.C. l'Horizon.
Val-Thérèse
Address and telephone service in Val-Thérèse also includes Elmview.
Theatre
The Valley East Community Theatre[1] was founded in 1998 by Marcel Gauthier and Ron Babbin. The theater group has staged over 15 productions.
Education
The former city has an important francophone community. It houses two francophone secondary schools, as well as two anglophone secondary schools, the second of which opened after the amalgamation into Greater Sudbury.
- École secondaire catholique l'Horizon (French Catholic School - Val-Caron)
- École secondaire Hanmer (French Public School - Hanmer)
- Confederation Secondary School (English Public School - Val-Caron)
- Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School (English Catholic School - Hanmer)
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Neighbourhoods in Greater Sudbury, Ontario Old City of Sudbury • Capreol • Nickel Centre • Onaping Falls • Rayside-Balfour • Valley East • Walden • WanupCategories:- Neighbourhoods in Greater Sudbury
- Populated places established in 1973
- Populated places disestablished in 2000
- Former cities in Canada
- Former municipalities in Ontario
- Northern Ontario geography stubs
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