Valley East, Ontario

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subdivision_name = Canada
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subdivision_name1 = Ontario
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subdivision_name2 = Greater Sudbury
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leader_title = City Councillors
leader_name = Ron Dupuis, André Rivest
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leader_name2 = Ray Bonin (Lib)
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leader_name3 = France Gélinas (NDP)
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established_title = Incorporated (Town)
established_date = 1973
established_title2 = Incorporated (City)
established_date2 = 1997
established_title3 = Dissolved
established_date3 = 2000
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website = [http://communities.mysudbury.ca/Sites/vecan/default.aspx Valley East Community Action Network]
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Valley East was a town 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.

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 and now has three churches, two secondary schools, three elementary schools and three malls.

Val Caron

Notable residents of Val Caron include former NHL player Ron Duguay, NHL hockey player Andrew Brunette and "Canada's Next Top Model" contestant Cori MacKinnon. Address and telephone service in Val Caron also includes the smaller neighbourhoods of Flake, Guilletville, Laurentian and McCrea Heights.

Val Thérèse

Address and telephone service in Val Thérèse also includes Elmview.

Theatre

The Valley East Community Theatre [http://www.valleycommunitytheatre.com/] 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.

*Confederation Secondary School (English Public School - Val Caron)
*École Secondaire Catholique L'Horizon (French Catholic School - Val Caron)
*École Secondaire Hanmer (French Public School - Hanmer)
*Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School (English Catholic School - Hanmer)

External links

* [http://communities.mysudbury.ca/Sites/vecan/default.aspx Valley East Community Action Network]
* [http://www.sudburymuseums.ca/index.cfm?app=w_vmuseum&lang=en&currID=1401&parID=1390 History of Valley East] at Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums