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Brampton (pronounced /ˈbræmptən/, /ˈbræmtən/) is a city in the GTA of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806.^[1] As one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, the city has found it difficult to cope with such significant growth, in terms of the provision of adequate public infrastructure and services. It celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary in 2003, marking 150 years since its incorporation as a village in 1853, taking its name from the rural town of Brampton, Cumbria, England. Image File history File links Flag_of_Brampton. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1210x636, 215 KB) Summary Logo of the Corporation of the City of Brampton, Ontario Licensing This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... EXAMPLE:Laughbox,Blondie,BamBam,Pinkie,etc. ... 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This list of the mayors of Brampton, Ontario includes the 38+ unique politicians holding such position. ... Susan Fennell in her mayoral chain of office. ... Brampton City Council is the governing body for the City of Brampton, Ontario. ... Navdeep Singh Bains (born June 16, 1977) is a Canadian politician. ... Colleen Beaumier (born November 8, Canadian politician, serving currently as an MP for the riding of Brampton West-Mississauga. ... Ruby Dhalla, BSc, DC, (born February 18, 1974) is a Canadian politician. ... Gurbax Singh Malhi (born October 12, 1949 to a Sikh family in Chugha Kalan, Punjab, India) is a Canadian politician. ... Vic Dhillon (born 1969) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Linda Jeffrey is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Dr. Kuldip Singh Kular, BSc, MBBS, MD, MPP (born December 12, 1948 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India) is a physician and politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Amrit Mangat is a Canadian politician. ... 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Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... Motto: Working for you Area: 1,241. ... The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ... An anniversary is a day that commemorates an event that occurred on the same day of the year some time in the past. ... Brampton is a small market town in Cumbria, England about 14 km east of Carlisle and 2 Roman miles south of Hadrians Wall. ... Cumbria (IPA: ), is a shire county in the extreme North West of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Brampton was once known as The Flowertown of Canada, a title it earned due to the city's large greenhouse industry, which included Dale's Flowers, a company that won many international rose awards for nearly half a century. The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken. ... For other uses, see Rose (disambiguation). ...

The city is home to Canadian Forces Army Reserve unit The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment). The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. ...

History

Prior to 1834, the only building of consequence at the corner of Main and Queen streets, the recognized centre of Brampton, was William Buffy's tavern. In fact, at the time, the area was referred to as "Buffy's Corners". All real business in Chinguacousy Township took place 1 mile distant at Martin Salisbury's tavern. By 1834, John Elliott laid out the area in lots for sale, and applied the name "Brampton" to the area, which was soon adopted by others.^[2] John Haggert, Brampton, Ontarios first mayor This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... John Haggert, Brampton, Ontarios first mayor This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... John Haggert was the first mayor of Town of Brampton (now City of Brampton) in Ontario in Canada. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Mayor Fennell warms up the crowd at the Brampton Battalion game tailgate party. This list of the mayors of Brampton, Ontario includes the 38+ unique politicians holding such position. ... The Brampton Fall Fair is an annual agricultural and entertainment event in Brampton, Ontario, since 1953. ... Carnegie Building serving as the Brampton Public Library, 1909. ... Chinguacousy Township within Peel County. ...

In 1853, a small agricultural fair was set up by the then-new County Agricultural Society of the County of Peel, and was held at the corner of Main and Queen streets. Grains, produce, roots, and dairy products were up for sale, a precursor of today's Brampton Farmers' Market. Horses and cattle, along with other lesser livestock was sold at market. This agricultural fair eventually became the modern Brampton Fall Fair. In that same year Brampton was incorporated as a village.^[2] The Brampton Fall Fair is an annual agricultural and entertainment event in Brampton, Ontario, since 1953. ...

A federal grant allowed the village to create its first public library in 1887, which included 360 volumes from the pre-existing Mechanic's Institute (est 1858). In 1907, the library successfully received a grant from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie to build a new multi-person building, featuring a library. See Brampton Library. Andrew Carnegie (last name pronounced IPA: )[1] (November 25, 1835 â€“ August 11, 1919) was a Scottish industrialist, businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of Pittsburghs Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. ... Carnegie Building serving as the Brampton Public Library, 1909. ...

A group of regional farmers in Brampton had trouble getting insurance from city-based companies. After several meetings in Clairville Hall, it was decided that they should found the County of Peel Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In 1955, the company moved to its third and current location, 103 Queen Street West, and renamed itself Peel Mutual Insurance Company. It reigns as the longest running company in modern Brampton. Harmsworth Decorating Centre was established in 1890, as Harmsworth and Son, operated out of the family's house on Queen Street West. The store purchased its current location on September 1, 1904, after a fire destroyed their original store. Purchased for $1400, the 24 Main Street South location is the longest operating retail business in what is now Brampton. is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Neighbouring Bramalea created

Created as an innovative "new town", Bramalea was developed as a separate community, approximately 40 kilometres northwest of Toronto. A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ...

Located in the former Chinguacousy Township, it was Canada's first satellite community developed by one of the country's largest real estate developers, Bramalea Limited, formerly known as Brampton Leasing. The name "Bramalea" was created by the farmer William Sheard, who integrated the BRAM from Brampton, MAL from Malton (A neighbouring region), and the EA from his own farm; SunnymEAd Farms. He sold the land to Brampton Leasing developers and built one of Bramalea's first houses on Dixie Road across from the former headquarters of Nortel. The community had an extensive Master Plan, which included provisions for a parkland trail system and a "downtown", which would include essential services and a shopping centre. The downtown area's centrepiece was the Civic Centre, which included the city hall and library. Directly across Team Canada Drive from the Civic Centre, Bramalea Limited built a shopping centre named Bramalea City Centre. The two centrepieces were connected by a long underground tunnel, which has long since been closed due to safety issues. Other features included a police station, fire hall, bus terminal, and a collection of seniors' retirement homes. Chinguacousy Township within Peel County. ... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ... The Bramalea City Centre is one of Brampton, Ontarios largest shopping centers. ...

Each phase of the new city was built with progressing first letters of street names. Development started with the "A" section, with street names like Argyle, Avondale, and Aloma. Developer then created a "B" section, "C" section, and so forth. Children on the boundaries of these divisions would regularly compete in street hockey games, pitting, for example, the "D" section versus the "E" section. Abbey Road in London A street name or odonym is an identifying name given to a street. ...

The community was also initially developed with a large number of recreational facilities, including tennis courts, playgrounds, hockey/lacrosse rinks and swimming pools. An extensive parkland trail and sidewalk system that connects the entire city, amplifying what Brampton already had in a smaller scale.

Region of Peel

In 1974, the Ontario government decided to update Peel County's structure. Along with amalgamating a series of villages into the City of Mississauga, the new City of Brampton was created out of the greater portion of the Townships of Chinguacousy and Toronto Gore, including Bramalea and the other communities in those townships. The province converted Peel County into the Regional Municipality of Peel. Brampton retained its role as the administrative centre of Peel Region, which it already had as county seat. The regional council chamber, the Peel Regional Police force, the public health department, and the region's only major museum, the Peel Heritage Complex, are all located in Brampton. Peel County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Toronto Gore within Peel County. ... Motto: Working for you Area: 1,241. ... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... Peel Regional Police Logo The Peel Regional Police (PRP) provides policing services for Peel Region in Ontario, Canada. ... The Peel Heritage Complex is a museum/art gallery/archives for the Peel Region, located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ...

This move was not met with open arms. Bramptonians feared urban sprawl would dissolve their town's personality, and Bramalea residents took pride in the built from scratch and organized structure that came with a new city. Many residents of the former community of Bramalea do not classify themselves as Brampton residents.^{[citation needed]}

In 1972, Bramalea created its civic centre. Two years after it was built, when Brampton and Bramalea merged, the new city's council chambers and other facilities were created in the building, moving from the town of Brampton's modest downtown locale. The library systems of Brampton and Bramalea became one, creating a system of four locations.

The future of Peel Region as encompassing all of Brampton, Mississauga, and Caledon, has been called into question by some. Mississauga council, led by Mayor Hazel McCallion, voted in favour of becoming a single tier municipality and asked the provincial government to be separated from Peel Region, arguing that the city has outgrown the need for a regional layer of government and that Mississauga is now being held back by supporting Brampton and Caledon with its municipal taxes. Mottos: Working for you Area: 1,241. ... Mayor McCallion was named as a sponsor for a World Vision Canada charity campaign Hazels Hope, fighting AIDS in Africa. ...

Development of Brampton as a city

In the 1980s, the Capitol Theatre, then owned by Odeon, closed its doors. The City bought the facility in 1981, under the spearhead of then-councillor Diane Sutter, turning the former movie house and vaudevillian stage into a theatre for the musical and performing arts. It was renamed the Heritage Theatre. In 1983, Toronto consultants Woods Gordon reported to the City that, rather than continue "pouring money" into the Heritage, a new 750-seat facility should be built. The 2005/06 season was designated as the theatre's "grand finale" season, and the new Rose Theatre opened in September 2006. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Cineplex Odeon Corporation was one of North Americas largest movie theatre operators, with theatres in its home country of Canada and the United States. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... The Rose Theatre (originally the Brampton Performing Arts Centre) in Brampton, Ontario is scheduled to open in 2006. ...

The early 1990s brought a new city hall to Brampton's downtown. The facility was designed by local architects and constructed by Inzola Construction. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

The Brampton Fair Grounds were sold in 1992 to the City of Brampton, leading the Agricultural Society to relocate to Heart Lake Road and Old School Road (outside the boundaries of the city) in 1997. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

The Health Services Restructuring Commission (HSRC) decided in 1997 that Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital, Etobicoke General Hospital and Peel Memorial Hospital amalgamate into the William Osler Health Centre, becoming what now is the province's 6th largest hospital corporation. In early 2006, the Brampton campus of the William Osler Health Centre was renamed back to Peel Memorial Hospital, as residents continued to use the old name, a cause of much confusion. On October 28, 2007 at 6am Brampton Civic Hospital opened its doors while Peel Memorial Hospital closed for renovations. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... {http://www. ... The William Osler Health Centre (WOHC) is one of the largest hospital corporations in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...

Current events

A new hospital is being built in north Brampton, to supplement the Peel Memorial Hospital. Image File history File links Hospital in works. ... Image File history File links Hospital in works. ... Linda Jeffrey is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... {http://www. ...

Brampton's 2003 Sesquicentennial celebrations were a booster to community spirit, restarting the tradition of a summer parade (with 100 floats), and creating other initiatives. To commemorate the Flowertown history, the city under Mayor Fennell reintroduced floral projects to the community, including more plantings around town, the restart of the Flowercity Parade in 2005, and participation for the last few years in the Canada Communities in Bloom project. See also: list of years in Canada 2005 in Canadian politics 2005 in Canadian culture 2005 Canadian incumbents 2004-05 NHL season 2005-06 NHL season other events of 2005 // Incumbents Executive: Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II Governor General - Adrienne Clarkson then MichaÃ«lle Jean Lieutenant Governor of Alberta â€“ Lois Hole... Communities in Bloom is a Canadian non-profit organization that fosters friendly competition between Canadian communities to beautify their civic spaces. ...

With a growing multicultural population, the Peel Board of Education introduced evening English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at high schools. Originally taught by volunteers, the classes eventually became daytime courses taught by paid instructors. In the 1980s, the public and Catholic board expanded its languages programs, offering night classes in 23 languages. These were introduced by the urging of parents who wanted their children to learn their ancestral heritage and language. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 260 KB) April 21, 2005 - Ontario Place Brampton Day event, Punjabi Virsa Art & Culture Academy with Miss Brampton. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 260 KB) April 21, 2005 - Ontario Place Brampton Day event, Punjabi Virsa Art & Culture Academy with Miss Brampton. ... Ontario Place Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ontario Place Ontario Place is a multiple use entertainment and seasonal amusement park in Toronto, Canada and owned by the Province of Ontario. ... ESL redirects here. ...

Carabram was founded in 1982, after volunteers from different ethnic communities wanted to organize a festival celebrating diversity and cross-cultural friendship. With a name based on Toronto like-event, Caravan Festival of Cultures, Carabram's first event included Italian, Scottish, Ukrainian, and West Indian pavilions. By 2003, forty-five-thousand visitors visited 18 pavilions. Canada itself had an anchor pavilion in the late-1980s and early-1990s, and this past year for Carabram's 25th Anniversary, it was included once more. Carabram is an annually held multicultural fest in the city of Brampton, a suburb of Toronto, in the province of Ontario of Canada. ...

Geography and climate

Brampton has a total land area of 265 square kilometres. The City of Brampton is bordered by Highway 50 (Vaughan) to the East, Winston Churchill Boulevard (Halton Hills) to the West, Mayfield Road (Caledon) to the North (except for a small neighbourhood, Snelgrove, which is part of Brampton despite extending somewhat north of Mayfield Road) and the Hydro Corridor (Mississauga) to the South.^[3] Motto: The City above Toronto Vaughans location in York Region. ... Halton Hills (2002 population 47,600) is a town in Halton Regional Municipality, west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Caledon can refer to: Caledon, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland Caledon, Ontario in Canada Caledon River in South Africa This is a disambiguation page â€” a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Motto: Pride in our past, Faith in our future Area: 288. ...

Bramalea was built as a "satellite city", Canada's first when built in the 1960s. It was annexed into Brampton in 1974, but still remains essentially autonomous in spirit, with even new residents responding that they live in Bramalea. Chinguacousy and Toronto Gore were two townships incorporated into Brampton mid-way through the twentieth century. From this merger, communities such as Bramalea, Heart Lake and Professor's Lake, Snelgrove, Tullamore, and Mayfield, were formed. Heart Lake is located in the northern end of Brampton, Ontario in the GTA. The lake itself is found in the Heart Lake Conservation Area in which trees are planted every year by students from the local elementary schools. ... Snelgrove, Ontario is a village within the Town of Caledon and Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario. ...

Rural villages, such as Claireville, Ebenezer, Victoria, Springbrook, Churchville, Coleraine, and Huttonville were merged into the larger city. While only Huttonville and Churchville still exist as identifiable communities, other names like Claireville are re-emerging as names of new developments. Churchville is a rural hamlet in the south-west corner of Brampton, Ontario. ...

The early 1980s brought new development, as the city released large tracts of land to residential developers. The large new suburban community of Springdale was developed in 1995 and is the area where most of the urban sprawl has taken place. This land began in its largest boom in 1999, when development started to appear as far north as the city's border with Caledon. The Region has designated this border as being the line of demarcation for urban development until 2021. However, neighbouring communities not part of Peel have also been massively affected by the city's sudden spurt. The end of Brampton and start of Georgetown, for example, is essentially non-identifiable.

Demographics

Statistics Canada (French: Statistique Canada) is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. ... This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... This article is about the Scottish as an ethnic group. ...

Ethnicity

The City of Brampton has long been considered one of Canada's fastest growing communities. Brampton's recent exponential growth in population is due primarily to immigration. The City of Brampton has a fast growing South Asian presence. Between 1996 and 2001, the South Asian population grew from 34,000 to 63,000. Visible minorities comprise 40.16% of Brampton's population, and persons of Aboriginal-Identity comprise 0.53% of the city's population.^[5] Visible minorities are persons who are not of the majority race in a given population. ... Aboriginal people in Canada are Indigenous Peoples recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982, sections 25 and 35, respectively, as Indians (First Nations), MÃ©tis, and Inuit. ...

Religion

Some 67.78 percent of Brampton claimed various Christian denominations. The largest was Roman Catholicism (35.11%), followed by various Protestant denominations Anglican, United Church, Lutheran, at (27.96%), while the remaining numbers of Christians (4.70%) consists mostly of the Eastern Orthodox rite. Other religions with a notable presence include Sikhism (10.63%), Hinduism (5.43%), and Islam (3.53%). More than 10 percent of the population have no religion.^[6] The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... The United Church can refer to a number of churches. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Eastern Orthodoxy (also called Greek Orthodoxy and Russian Orthodoxy) is a Christian tradition which represents the majority of Eastern Christianity. ... Sikhism (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ), founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Northern India, is the fifth-largest religion in the world. ... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages)[1] is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

Population growth

These numbers are of the population of Brampton proper and do not include areas that were later annexed by Brampton prior to the expansion of municipal boundaries.

Generally speaking, the GTA has spawned growth in all its neighbouring bedroom communities (Pickering, Ajax and Whitby to the east, Markham, Richmond Hill and Vaughan to the north, and Brampton and Mississauga to the west) since the early 1980s, due to a number of converging factors including an exponential rise in the cost of real estate within the city and high property and corporate taxes. Due to Toronto's high cultural diversity and infrastructure (including public transit), it is a leading destination for emigration, which continues to drive demand for living space, thus buoying the real estate market. For other uses, see Pickering (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ajax. ... Whitby (2006 population 111 184) is a town located east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is the seat of Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ... Map showing Markhams location in York Region Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Ontario Regional Municipality York Region Communities Buttonville, Thornhill, German Mills, Milliken, Unionville Settled 1794 Incorporated 1972 (town) Government - Mayor Frank Scarpitti - Deputy Mayor Jim Jones - Regional Councillors Jack Heath, Tony Wong, Gordon Landon - MPs Susan Kadis (LPC) - Thornhill... Motto: En la rose, je fleuris (French for Like the rose, I flourish) Map showing Richmond Hills location in York Region Country Canada Province Ontario Region York Region Incorporated 1873 Government - Mayor Dave Barrow - Governing Body Richmond Hill Town Council - MPs Lui Temelkovski, Bryon Wilfert Population (2006)[1] - City... Motto: The City above Toronto Vaughans location in York Region. ... Motto: Pride in our past, Faith in our future Area: 288. ...

Brampton, with its proximity to the Pearson International Airport and road infrastructure, population growth, cost of land, and more favourable corporate tax structure, has become a prime location for corporate head offices, factories, warehouses, etc., as well as the typical domestic goods and services required to provide for the population. Toronto Pearson International Airport, located in Mississauga, Ontario, immediately west of Toronto, is Canadas busiest and largest airport. ...

Government

Economy

Major companies in Brampton include Brafasco, Ford, Rogers Communications, Nortel, Para Paints, Coca-Cola Bottling, Nestlé, DaimlerChrysler Canada Ltd., Maple Lodge Farms, Hudson Bay Companies, Loblaw Companies Ltd., Frito Lay Canada, MD Robotics, Parkinson Coach Line, and Canadian Tire. â€œFordâ€ redirects here. ... Rogers Communications Inc. ... Northern Telecommunications Networks, commonly known as Nortel, is a telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Canada. ... This article is about the company. ... DaimlerChrysler Canada is DaimlerChrysler AGs Canadian division. ... Loblaw Companies Limited is the largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,690 supermarkets operating under a variety of names including: Atlantic Superstore, Atlantic Cash & Carry, Atlantic SuperValu SaveEasy, Dominion (Newfoundland and Labrador), Extra Foods, Maxi, Provigo, Fortinos, Loblaws, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Valu-Mart, Your Independent Grocer... MD Robotics is a robotic engineering company based in Brampton, Ontario. ... Founded in 1922, it is one of Ontarios oldest independent coach operators. ... Canadian Tire (TSX: CTC CTC.a, CTC) is one of Canadas 35 largest publicly traded companies and operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing, financial services and petroleum. ...

Education

Besides private post-secondary facilities, Brampton's only place of higher education is Sheridan College. Also with a campus in Oakville, Sheridan's "Davis Campus" primarily focusing on education for the business world and for trades. Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with campuses in Oakville, Ontario and Brampton, Ontario, both western suburbs of Toronto. ...

Local high schools include Bramalea, Brampton Centennial, Cardinal Leger, Central Peel, Chinguacousy, Fletcher's Meadow, Harold M. Brathwaite, Heart Lake, North Park, North Peel, Notre Dame,Sandalwood Height's Secondary School, St. Augustine, St. Edmund Campion, St. Marguerite d'Youville, St. Thomas Aquinas and Turner Fenton (Canada's only campus-based high school). Bramalea Secondary School (nicknamed BSS) is a high school located in Brampton, Ontario. ... Cardinal Leger Secondary School is a separate school in the downtown sector of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... Central Peel Secondary School is a high school that is located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, and it is operated by the Peel District School Board. ... Chinguacousy Secondary School (pronounced: [] ) is a high school located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... North Park Secondary school is a high school in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School is a Roman Catholic secondary school of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB) in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... Turner Fenton Secondary School is Peel Regions largest high school, located in Brampton, Ontario. ...

Culture

There are several cultural entities in the city under the umbrella of the Brampton Arts Council. These include Visual Arts Brampton, the Brampton Historical Society and the Brampton Symphony Orchestra. Also in the city is the Peel Heritage Complex, which is run by the Region of Peel. The Brampton Arts Council is a non-profit, charitable organization, which was formed to promote and develop the arts in the city. ... Visual Arts Brampton was formed in 1986 to organize the arts community, providing workshops, exhibits and a regular newsletter, among other things. ... The Peel Heritage Complex is a museum/art gallery/archives for the Peel Region, located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ...

The Rose Theatre (originally the Brampton Performing Arts Centre), billed as "a cultural and tourist destination that will attract significant new business to surrounding restaurants, shops and services", opened in September 2006. The City says that the facilities are expected to generate $2.7 million in economic activity the first year and grow to $19.8 million by the fifth year. This is predicted to attract more than 55,000 visitors annually who will spend about $275,000 on before and after-show entertainment, creating close to 300 permanent jobs. Despite the great promises, this project is the source of much cynicism among the community. Many have questioned the need for a larger facility, as the current Heritage Theatre rarely reaches capacity, and a great deal of residents don't meet the prime theatre-going audience profile. The Rose Theatre (originally the Brampton Performing Arts Centre) in Brampton, Ontario is scheduled to open in 2006. ...

Sites of interest

Major shopping areas include Bramalea City Centre, Shoppers World, and "big box centre" Trinity Common Mall. The downtown area has some retail, the Centennial Mall and the Brampton Mall are also of note. The Claireville Conservation Area is unique. ... The Peel Heritage Complex is a museum/art gallery/archives for the Peel Region, located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... The Barrie Colts applying pressure at the Brampton Battalion net, while visiting the Powerade Centre. ... The Rose Theatre (originally the Brampton Performing Arts Centre) in Brampton, Ontario is scheduled to open in 2006. ... Wild Water Kingdom (formerly known as Sunshine Beach), is Canadas largest water-based fun park, located located Brampton, Ontario. ... The Bramalea City Centre is one of Brampton, Ontarios largest shopping centers. ... Over 30 years old, Shoppers World, Brampton was at one point in the 1970s Canadas top selling mall, per square foot. ... Trinity Common Mall (often Trinity Commons) is a large shopping complex loacated at Bovaird Road and 410 Highway in the Springdale section of Brampton, Ontario, constructed in the late 1990s. ...

Media

Brampton was one of the first areas Rogers Cable offered its service in. As a result, it started a community access channel in the 1970s, which is still operational today. While some programs on the channel are produced in their Brampton studios, most are headquartered out of their Mississauga location. Rogers Communications Inc. ...

The Brampton Guardian is the community's only newspaper after Brampton's original newspaper The Brampton Times stop circulation in the early 1990's. For a little over a year, The Brampton Bulletin attempted to challenge the Guardian, but it was dismantled after a series of editor changes. The Brampton Guardian is a locally distributed community newspaper in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... The Brampton Times is a newspaper that was published in Brampton, Ontario, Canada until the mid-1980s, when the Brampton Guardianâ€™s market share rose expotentially. ...

Sports and recreation

There are many sporting venues and activities including the outdoor ice path for skating through Gage Park and the ski lift at Chinguacousy Park. In the summer amateur softball leagues abound and crowds line the beaches at Professor's Lake. In 1934, a local history buff named William Perkins Bull funded the creation of the Perkins Bull Collection of books, including From rattlesnake hunt to hockey: the history of sports in Canada and the sportsmen of Peel, 1798 to 1934. ... City: Brampton, Ontario League: Ontario Hockey League Conference: Eastern Division: Central Founded: December 3, 1996 Home Arena: Powerade Centre Colours: Olive, Yellow, Black, White Head Coach: Stan Butler General Manager: Stan Butler The Barrie Colts applying pressure at the Brampton Battalion net, while visiting the Powerade Centre. ... OHL All-Star Game 2006 Opening Face Off. ... The Barrie Colts applying pressure at the Brampton Battalion net, while visiting the Powerade Centre. ... The Brampton Capitals are a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... A typical OHL hockey game. ... The Bramalea Blues are a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... The Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League is a Tier II Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. ... Brampton Excelsiors may be: One of two teams that compete in OLA leagues at different levels: Brampton Excelsiors (MSL) who compete in Major Series Lacrosse Brampton Excelsiors Jr. ... Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) is a Senior A box lacrosse league based out of Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. ... Logo of the Brampton Thunder. ... The Canadian Womens Hockey League (CWHL) was founded in 2007 and has seven womens ice hockey teams from Ontario and Quebec http://www. ... The Brampton Excelsiors are Junior A box lacrosse team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... OLA Logo The OLA Junior A Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. ... For other uses, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ... Outdoor ice skating in Austria Ice skating is travelling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without boots, tied to regular footwear). ... Gage Park may refer to: Gage Park, Topeka Gage Park, Chicago Category: ... A chairlift A chairlift is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a constantly moving loop of steel cable strung between two end terminals and generally over intermediate towers. ... Soft ball is also a sugar stage Softball is a team sport popular around the world but especially in the United States. ... Professors Lake is a 65 acre spring-fed artificial lake located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ...

Every year, since 1967, the Brampton Canadettes host the Brampton Canadettes Easter Tournament[1] women's and girls' hockey teams invade Brampton for 3 1/2 days of head-to-head competition. Teams of all ages and categories from across Canada and the United States compete in this annual tournament. Teams from England, Switzerland, Japan, Kazakhstan and Russia attend this international tournament. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Thousands of players and spectators will pass through the doors during the tournament. There is no limit on the number of teams in a division.

The Intermediate AA and Midget AA divisions are highly scouted by local and American colleges and universities seeking recruits for varsity teams. Teams from as far as Alaska and Calgary, Quebec and Carolina, Michigan and Minnesota, as well as virtually all hockey centres in Ontario will compete in a minimum of 3 games each over the course of the tournament. Including championship finals, over 600 games are played in just 3½ days. For the best in hockey tournament competition, Brampton is second-to-none in the world of women's and girls' hockey.

Infrastructure

Health and medicine

Transportation

Public transit network

Local transit is provided by Brampton Transit, with connections to other systems such as Mississauga Transit, York Region Transit, and Toronto Transit Commission. Brampton is currently planning a new Bus Rapid Transit system, called Acceleride along Main/Hurontario and Queen Streets, which would form the backbone to its bus network. Acceleride received funding from the provincial government in 2006 to begin implementation of this system. Brampton Transit route 1A waiting on Queen Street, near the Downtown Terminal. ... // GO Transit (AAR reporting marks GOT), officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ... Brampton Transit route 1A waiting on Queen Street, near the Downtown Terminal. ... A Mississauga Transit New Flyer articulated bus at South Common Mall. ... York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. ... The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is a public transport authority that operates buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... This article is about high-capacity bus transit systems. ... Acceleride is a proposed transit system using the bus rapid transit option and currently used by Vivayork. ...

Both Canadian National Railways and the Orangeville-Brampton Railway short line (formerly part of the Canadian Pacific Railway line) run through the city, CN's Intermodal Yards are located east of Airport Road between Steeles and the former Highway 7/Queen Street East. The CN Track from Toronto's Union Station, is the Georgetown GO Transit Rail Corridor providing commuter rail and bus services to and from Toronto with rail station stops at Bramalea, Downtown Brampton, and Mount Pleasant. There is GO Bus service to York University and subway stations at Yorkdale Mall and York Mills in Toronto. VIA Rail connects through Brampton as part of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. CN redirects here, as its the most common usage of the abbreviation in Canada; for more uses, see CN (disambiguation). ... Overview The Orangeville-Brampton Railway (OBRY) is a 55 kilometre (34 mile) long short line railway between Orangeville and Streetsville Junction in Mississauga, Ontario. ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... Airport Road is a major thouroughfare in Ontario, Canada especially in the Greater Toronto Area. ... The Kings Highway No. ... Union Station is a major train and subway station at 65 Front Street West between Bay Street and York Street in downtown Toronto. ... Georgetown is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. ... Bramalea GO Station is a GO Transit railway and bus station along the Georgetown line. ... Brampton GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Georgetown line, located at 27 Church Street West in downtown Brampton. ... Mount Pleasant GO Station is an under-construction GO Transit railway station on the Georgetown line. ... York University (French: UniversitÃ© York), located in Toronto, Ontario, is Canadas third-largest university and has produced several of the countrys top leaders in the fields of law, politics, literature, philosophy, journalism, management, meteorological, chemical, and space sciences, and fine arts including film, theatre, jazz and experimental music... VIA Rails trains travelling by Highway 401 near Brockville, Ontario. ... The 1,150-kilometre Quebec City-Windsor Corridor is the most densely-populated and heavily-industrialised region of Canada. ...

Airports

Canada's busiest airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport (CYYZ), is located near Brampton, in Mississauga.^[7] For general aviation the city is served by the privately-owned Brampton Airport (CNC3), located to the north of the city in neighbouring Caledon. YYZ redirects here. ... For the First Nation, see Mississaugas. ... General aviation (abbr. ... Brampton Airport, (IATA: N/A, ICAO: CNC3), is a busy and popular privately owned general aviation airport near Brampton, Ontario, Canada, northwest of Toronto. ... Caledon (2001 population 50,595) is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. ...

Road network

Brampton is served by several major transportation routes: Highway 401 from Toronto is a short distance south in Mississauga, and can be reached by Highway 410, which runs north-south through the middle of the city. Highway 407 runs along the southern portion of the city, just north of the boundary with Mississauga. Steeles Avenue, which runs north of the 407, is another thoroughfare from Toronto. The former Highway 7 (now Regional Road 107 in Brampton) is another east-west corridor, (actually two, as it incorporates the eastern part of Queen Street and the western part of Bovaird Drive. â€œMacdonald-Cartierâ€ redirects here. ... For the First Nation, see Mississaugas. ... Highway 410 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario, Canada that connects Highway 401 and Highway 403 to Torontos northern suburbs, specifically Brampton and Caledon. ... Highway 407, officially called the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR), is a tollway located in southern Ontario Canadas Greater Toronto Area. ... Steeles Avenue, near its intersection with Warden Avenue. ... The Kings Highway No. ... Peel Regional Road 107, or locally known as Queen Street or Bovaird Drive, is a major thoroughfare running in the City of Brampton in Peel Region, Ontario. ...

Sister cities

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Notable Bramptonians

Sportspeople

NHLers Rick Nash, Andrew Cassels, Jamie Storr, Kris Newbury, Todd Elik, and Luciano Borsato are from Brampton, as is TSN and NBC play-by-play announcer and author Chris Cuthbert. Brampton-born Cassie Campbell was captain of the 2002 and 2006 Canadian national women's hockey team, and has since become a Hockey Night in Canada personality, while Bernadette Bowyer played for the Canadian field hockey team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Professional soccer players Atiba Hutchinson (FC Copenhagen) and Paul Stalteri (Tottenham Hotspur), as well as Olympian high-jumper Mark Boswell are locals. Richard Rick Nash (born June 16, 1984, in Brampton, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey Left Wing in the NHL, playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets. ... Andrew Cassels Andrew Cassels (born 23 July 1969 in Bramalea], Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Washington Capitals of the NHL. // Playing Career Andrew Cassels was selected 17th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. ... Jamie Storr (born December 28, 1975 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the DEG Metro Stars of the DEL. Storr is half-Japanese and has Japanese dragons on his mask to honor his mother. ... Kris Newbury (born February 19, 1982 in Brampton, Ontario, [[Canada] is a professional ice hockey centre who is currently in his first season for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. ... Todd Elik (born April 15, 1966, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey center. ... Luciano Borsato is a former professional hockey player, who played three full seasons with Winnipeg Jets of the NHL (1991-92 through 1993-94). ... The Sports Network (commonly known as TSN) is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel and is Canadas leading English language sports television channel. ... This article is about the television network. ... Chris Cuthbert is a Canadian play-by-play sportscaster for the TSN cable network, and the American television network NBC on The NHL on NBC. Cuthbert got his start as a broadcaster during the 1988 Stanley Cup Playoffs. ... Cassie Campbell (born November 22, 1973 in Richmond Hill, Ontario) was the captain of the Canadian ice hockey team during the 2002 Winter Olympics and led the team to a gold medal. ... The Canadian national womens ice hockey team is controlled by Hockey Canada. ... Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) is a popular television broadcast of National Hockey League games in Canada, produced by the CBC. Hockey Night consistently remains one of the highest-rated Canadian programs on television. ... Bernadette Bowyer (born January 23, 1966 in Brampton, Ontario) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. ... The 92 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... For other uses, see Barcelona (disambiguation). ... Soccer redirects here. ... Atiba Hutchinson (born to Trinidadian parents February 8, 1983 in Brampton, Ontario) is a professional Canadian soccer player who plays for FC KÃ¸benhavn in the Danish Superliga and on the Canadian national team. ... FC København is a Danish football team, playing in Copenhagen. ... Paul Stalteri (born October 18, 1977 in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian soccer player, who is currently a defender for Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premiership. ... Mark Boswell (born July 28, 1977 in Mandeville, Jamaica) is a Canadian high jumper. ...

Politicians

Three Canadian premiers got their start in Brampton; Premiers T.C. Norris and Howard Pawley OC of Manitoba, and "Brampton Billy", Ontario premier William Grenville Davis CC. Other notable politicians include John Coyne, Gordon Graydon. Alberta politician Sir James A. Lougheed was also from Brampton. Tobias Crawford Norris (September 5, 1861-October 29, 1936) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ... Howard Russell Pawley (born November 21, 1934) is a Canadian politician and professor who was Premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988. ... William (Bill) Grenville Davis (born July 30, 1929 in Brampton, Ontario) was the Progressive Conservative Premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. ... John Coyne Source: Library and Archives Canada John Coyne (July 21, 1836 - November 16, 1873) was a Canadian barrister, and Peel Countys first representative in the Ontario Legislature. ... Gordon Graydon, BA , QC , LL.D (December 7, 1897, Snelgrove, Ontario - September 19, 1953) was a Canadian politician. ... Sir James Alexander Lougheed, KCMG , PC (1 September 1854 â€“ 2 November 1925) a businessman and politician from Alberta, Canada. ...

Brampton City Council is the governing body for the City of Brampton, Ontario. ...

The arts

Rohinton Mistry (born July 3, 1952) is considered to be one of the foremost authors of South Asian origin writing in English. ... A Canadian author of horror fiction. ... David Feiss is an American animator. ... Cow and Chicken is an Emmy Award-nominated American animated television series, created by David Feiss. ... I Am Weasel was an American animated television series, created by David Feiss and broadcast on the Cartoon Network. ... Jack Reid is a Canadian artist and a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC), . With a career spanning six decades, his honours have been many. ... Little X, (born Julien Christian Lutz in 1975), is a Trinidadian-Canadian music video director. ...

Actors and comedians

Two notable comedians hail from Brampton, Scott Thompson and Russell Peters. Thompson, one of the first openly-gay television personalities in Canada, was part of the Kids in the Hall comedy troupe. Peters is an increasing popular stand-up comedian who was raised in town, and has now moved back, after winning a Gemini Award for his Comedy Now! special. Michael Cera (Arrested Development) and Paulo Costanzo (Joey) are both best known for playing lead characters in television sitcoms. Image File history File linksMetadata Aaron_Ashmore,_2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Aaron_Ashmore,_2006. ... Aaron Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor. ... Scott Thompson (born June 12, 1959) is a Canadian television comedian, best known for his time as a member of the comedy troupe Kids in the Hall. ... Not to be confused with Russell Peterson or Peter Russell. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... The Kids in the Hall was a Canadian sketch comedy group, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin MacDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson. ... The Gemini Awards are an annual awards ceremony in Canada. ... Comedy Now! is a Canadian comedy television series which debuted in 1997 featuring the newest in Canadian comedic talent. ... Michael Austin Cera (pronounced ) (born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian television and film actor, best known for playing George Michael Bluth in Arrested Development and Evan in Superbad. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Paulo Costanzo (born September 21, 1978 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian actor of Italian and Jewish ancestry, who is perhaps best-known for his roles in the 2000 comedy Road Trip and the sitcom Joey which ran from 2004-2006. ... Joey is a sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc, reprising his role as Joseph Francis Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ...

Alan Thicke (Growing Pains, Thicke of the Night) grew up in Brampton. Shawn Ashmore (X-Men movie series, Terry Fox in Terry) and his twin brother Aaron Ashmore (Smallville) are Brampton-raised. Tyler Labine is another young, locally-raised actor, having starred in Invasion. Police Academy series star George R. Robertson won a Gemini Award in 2004 for his Humanitarian work. Alan Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffrey on March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor, songwriter, game show host and talk-show emcee. ... For other uses, see Growing Pains (disambiguation). ... Thicke of the Night was an American late night talk show produced by MGM Television and broadcast in first-run syndication during the 1983-1984 TV season. ... Shawn Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Aaron Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor. ... Smallville is an American television series created by writer/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and was initially broadcast by The WB. After its fifth season, the WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which is the current broadcaster for the show in the United States. ... Tyler Labine (b. ... An invasion is a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory, or altering the established government. ... Police Academy is a long-running series of comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. ... The Gemini Awards are an annual awards ceremony in Canada. ...

Other Brampton-born or affiliated actors include Andrew Bednarski (Katts and Dog), Johanna Black (Entourage, Night of the Living Dead 3D, Punk'd season 7 "field agent"), Joanne Boland (Slings and Arrows, Train 48), Kris Lemche (Joan of Arcadia), Sabrina Grdevich (Traders), Nicole Lyn (Student Bodies, married to Dulé Hill), Brenna O'Brien (InuYasha, Zixx: Level Two), Lynley Swain, and film director Mark Penney. Katts and Dog, otherwise known as Rin Tin Tin K-9 Cop was a Television series which ran from 1988 to 1991. ... Entourage is an Emmy Award-winning HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase â€” a young A-list movie star â€” and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, California. ... Night of the Living Dead 3-D is a 2006 horror film made in 3-D. It is a remake of the 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead. ... Punkd is an American hidden camera practical joke television series on MTV, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher, which first aired in 2003. ... Slings and Arrows is a Canadian TV series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a troubled Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival. ... Train 48 was a Canadian television soap opera, broadcast on Global Television Network or CH (depending on location) airing from 2003 until 2005. ... Kris Lemche (pronounced Lem-Key, born 1978 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian actor. ... Joan of Arcadia is an American television fantasy/family drama, which aired on Fridays, 8-9 p. ... Sabrina Grdevich is a Canadian actress born in 1971. ... Traders was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000. ... Nicole Lyns publicity photo. ... Student Bodies was a syndicated television comedy program produced in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1997 to 2000 that mixed animation with live action. ... Karim DulÃ© Hill (born May 3, 1975) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor, primarily in movies, soap operas and television. ... Brenna OBrien (born March 9, 1991) is a Canadian actress. ... Inuyasha redirects here. ... Mark Penney (born 24th June 1982 in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian film director. ...

Musicians

Keshia Chante was raised in Brampton^{[citation needed]} before making it big as a pop and R&B singer. Composer and musician Friendly Rich, and bands The Junction and Moneen are from Brampton, as is Jason Collett, member of Broken Social Scene. Heavy metal and jazz artist Lee Aaron also has connections with Brampton. Gospel singer Karen Burke, cofounder of the Toronto Mass Choir, has been living in Brampton for many years. Keshia Chanté is a Canadian singer of urban and R&B music. ... Friendly Rich (real name Richard Marsella) is a Canadian avant-garde composer/musician from Brampton, Ontario. ... For other uses of The Junction, see The Junction (disambiguation). ... Moneen is a rock band from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... Jason Collett is a Canadian singer-songwriter, born in Bramalea, Ontario and attended St. ... Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock supergroup, a musical collective currently including nineteen members, formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. ... Lee Aaron Lee Aaron (born as Karen Lynn Greening on July 21, 1962 in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian rock and Jazz singer known as The Queen of Metal in Canada. She had several hits with titles such as Metal Queen, Watcha Do to my Body, and Sex with Love... Born in Brantford, Ontario, Karen Burke entered McMaster Universitys Honours music programme in 1979 and there developed an interest in choral conducting. ...

Others

The Canada Aviation Museum (French: MusÃ©e de laviation du Canada) is the national aviation history museum, located in Ottawa, Ontario. ... Nathaniel Branden (b. ... Psychotherapy is a set of techniques believed to cure or to help solve behavioral and other psychological problems in humans. ... Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 â€“ March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Russian: ), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] known for creating a philosophy she named Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the... The Nathaniel Branden Institute (originally the Nathaniel Branden Lectures) was an organization founded by Nathaniel Branden in 1958 to promote Ayn Rands philosophy, Objectivism. ... Malgosia Majewska (February 23, 1981, Gdansk, Poland) is Miss World Canada 2006 and Miss World Peel Region 2006. ... The Miss World Canada contest has been held in several incarnations during its lifetime. ...

Notes

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) operates Toronto Pearson International Airport west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and may operate the proposed Pickering Airport east of Toronto if that airport is built. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Contents

History

Neighbouring Bramalea created

Region of Peel

Development of Brampton as a city

Current events

Geography and climate

Demographics

Ethnicity

Religion

Population growth

Government

Economy

Education

Culture

Sites of interest

Media

Sports and recreation

Infrastructure

Health and medicine

Transportation

Public transit network

Airports

Road network

Sister cities

Notable Bramptonians

Sportspeople

Politicians

The arts

Actors and comedians

Musicians

Others

Notes

See also

External links

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Neighbouring Bramalea created

Region of Peel

Development of Brampton as a city

Current events

Geography and climate

Demographics

Ethnicity

Religion

Population growth

Government

Economy

Education

Culture

Sites of interest

Media

Sports and recreation

Infrastructure

Health and medicine

Transportation

Public transit network

Airports

Road network

Sister cities

Notable Bramptonians

Sportspeople

Politicians

The arts

Actors and comedians

Musicians

Others

Notes

See also

External links

History