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Maple (IPA: /'meɪ.pʊl/) (Estimated 2006 population 49,388[1]) is a high-growth suburban community northwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, part of the city of Vaughan in York Region. IPA may refer to: The International Phonetic Alphabet or India Pale Ale ...
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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 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area...
Motto: The City above Toronto Vaughans location in York Region. ...
York Regional Municipality, also called York Municipality or York Region, is a municipality in south-central Ontario, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto. ...
Geography Located at 43°51′N, 79°31′W, Maple covers 23.9 km² of land area.
The west branch of the Don River rises to the northwest and flows 1 km west of Maple. Several creeks are to the east and the Black Creek used to began slightly west of Vellore. The Oak Ridges Moraine is to the northeast which supplies a lot of water to the Greater Toronto Area. The river as it runs beneath the Bloor/Danforth trestle bridge The Don River is one of two rivers bounding the original settled area of Toronto, Canada along the shore of Lake Ontario, the other being the Humber River to the west. ...
Black Creek, Ontario can mean the following places: Black Creek, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario Black Creek, Prince Edward County, Ontario This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The Oak Ridges Moraine is an ecologically sensitive geological landform in south central Ontario, Canada. ...
A map of Torontos Census Metropolitan Area, which contains a large portion of the Greater Toronto Area. ...
Black Creek flows in the west, the Don River flows to the northern and the eastern part. York University Keele Campus is to the south on Keele, and is accessed 2 km northeast from Canada's Wonderland. The Humber, as seen from a point near the northern border of Toronto. ...
York University (French: Université 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, business, space sciences, and fine arts. ...
Canadas Wonderland (often referred to locally as Wonderland) is a 330 acre theme park located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, 30 kilometres north of Toronto, Ontario. ...
Transportation Maple is accessed by Major Mackenzie Drive and Keele Street. The nearest exit is 3 km west at Highway 400 and Major Mackenzie. Keele Street is a north-south road running from Bloor Street to the Holland Marsh. ...
The Kings Highway 400, more commonly known as Highway 400 or the 400, is a key north-south 400-Series Highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that links the city of Toronto to the central and northern sections of the province. ...
The industrial areas are south and west of Maple, closer to Highway 407, and the Canadian National yards north of Highway 7 (Ontario). Maple is located 13 km NE of Woodbridge, 11 km E of Kleinburg 8 km S of King City, 6.5 km from downtown Richmond Hill 12 km NW of Thornhill N of Highway 401, and SSE of Barrie. Highway 407, officially called the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR), is a tollway located in southern Ontario Canadas Greater Toronto Area. ...
CN redirects here, as its the most common usage of the abbreviation in Canada; for more uses, see CN (disambiguation). ...
The Kings Highway No. ...
Woodbridge is a large suburban community (Estimated 2006 pop. ...
Kleinburg is a small unincorporated village located in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. ...
King City is an affluent, unincorporated village in King Township, Ontario, Canada, located just north of Toronto. ...
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...
Thornhill (2006 population 106,394) is a community in Ontario, Canada, directly north of Toronto. ...
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Motto: The People are the City, Barrie Means Business (advertising campaign) Location of Barrie, Ontario Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Established (town) 1837 Established (city) 1853 Government - Mayor Dave Aspden - Council Barrie City Council - MPP Joe Tascona (PCO) - MP Patrick Brown (CPC) Elevation 76 m (249. ...
Maple is accessed by a Canadian National line (Toronto - Washago) to its east with its GO Transit Bradford (GO Transit) rail stations at Maple (GO Station) and Rutherford (GO Station). Toronto Transit Commission, York Region Transit, and GO Transit buses serve the area. CN redirects here, as its the most common usage of the abbreviation in Canada; for more uses, see CN (disambiguation). ...
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). ...
Bradford is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. ...
The Maple GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Maple, Ontario in Canada. ...
The Rutherford GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Maple, Ontario in Canada. ...
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is a public transport authority that operates buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. ...
Maple formerly had a small airport in the west, which was closed down in the late 20th century. The runways ran diagonally like the letter x, the runway from northwest to southeast was the longer, and the other ran southwest to northeast. Streets like Avro, Lockheed, and Mustang on the site of the airport are named after airplanes. Avro 504K. Avro was a British aircraft manufacturer, well known for planes such as the Avro Lancaster which served in World War II. One of the worlds first aircraft builders, A.V.Roe and Company was established at Brownsfield Mills, Manchester, England by Alliot Verdon Roe and his brother...
The Lockheed SR-71 was remarkably advanced for its time and remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. ...
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range single-seat fighter aircraft that entered service with Allied air forces in the middle years of World War II. The P-51 became one of the conflicts most successful and recognizable aircraft. ...
In 2006 Maple gained bus-rapid-transit service under York Region's Viva system. Viva is a bus rapid transit network in York Region, Ontario, Canada, with connections to northern Toronto and Toronto Transit Commission subway stations. ...
Other trivia - Area code: 1-905 + 832-xxxx + 303-xxxx + 417-xxxx
- Postal code: Originally Designated L0J 1E0, now part of L7B and L6A
Maple was an agricultural community. Much of the area used to be farmlands. The forests are to the Don Valley, the southwest, once within Vellore, the northwest, mixed in the north and plenty to its east and the northeast with a hill The centre of the community was to its east and the central part. The urban areas were only to the northeast and the southwest. Categories: North American area codes | Stub ...
History Maple, as a centre of agriculture, was enhanced with the proximity of the CNR line, as well as the growing urban development of Toronto. A major Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests Office was situated here in the 1960's. Housing developments began in the 1960s in the southwest, as well as replacement to homes damaged in a 1963 Natural Gas explosion. Massive housing developments did not began until the 1980s in the northwest nearer McNaughton. In the mid-1980s to the late-1980s between the Don River and the CN line south to Rutherford. CN redirects here, as its the most common usage of the abbreviation in Canada; for more uses, see CN (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Natural gas (disambiguation). ...
A gravel pit was in the area north of Major Mackenzie and from the CN Rail to Dufferin Street. This became the Keele Valley Landfill Site, which was owned by Metropolitan Toronto and later by the city of Toronto, and began recieving much of the GTA's garbage when the Beare Road Landfill in Scarborough reached capacity and was decomissioned. The landfill was used until 2002 when it too reached capacity. After exploring alternative disposal options, such as Adams Mine in Kirkland Lake, local opposition to these schemes have lead to exporting trash to Michigan. The site has became reserved for the "Eagle's Nest" golf course, and other developments which will occur in the future once the buried waste decomposes sufficiently The Keele Valley Landfill was the main landfill site for the city of Toronto for two decades, from 1983 until 2002. ...
Metro Council redirects here. ...
Adams Mine is an abandoned open pit mine in Boston Township near Kirkland Lake, Ontario, which was the cornerstone of a controversial waste management plan in the 1990s. ...
Main street through Kirkland Lake. ...
Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Largest metro area Metro Detroit Area Ranked 11th - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²) - Width 239 miles (385 km) - Length 491 miles (790 km) - % water 41. ...
Larger housing developments began to pop up near Teston between the 400 and Weston and Kirby near Pine Valley and Greenock near Weston and Teston and to the northeast near Bathurst and Teston with a golf course.
Canada's Wonderland first opened in 1981. Canadas Wonderland (often referred to locally as Wonderland) is a 330 acre theme park located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, 30 kilometres north of Toronto, Ontario. ...
In 1993, housing development began in the area of what was Maple Airport and to the northwest. In 1995, it expanded to the western part of Maple. Between 1997 and 1999, urban developments reached the northwestern part of Maple and Melville and the Don to the train tracks. Developments also reached the northeastern part and the southeastern part. Megalot houses began developing northeast of Maple near Dufferin in the late-1990s. The housing developments began up to the Highway 400 in the northwest. Housing developments have begun near Vellore.
As of 2001, developments reached the northwestern part as far as Highway 400, Teston Road, the CN line and the southwest. Most of the housing developments in the early-2000s reached Pine Valley Drive in the southwest in Vellore Village and Vellore Woods. The housing and urban developments is currently in the west between Highway 400 and Weston and Major Mackenzie and will reach to Teston. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous...
Most recently there is a new subdivision being developed in the eastern part of Maple between bounded by Dufferin, Major Mackenzie and Rutherford Road. The name of the area is Thornberry Woods/Eagle Hills/Mackenzie Chase. Some of the builders include Greenpark Homes, Treasure Hill Homes, Tiffany Park Homes, Royal Pine Homes, Century Grove Homes, Primont Homes, Edenbrook Homes and Fernbrook Homes and Remington Homes (Thornhill Valley). Some of the street names like "Peter Rupert Avenue" reflect the history of Maple. This new area is directly south of Eagle's Nest Golf Course. This area known as Block 18 has just started development. Its proximity to Richmond Hill, Thornhill (also part of Vaughan) and the Golf Course are making the area very high demand and it is showing in the prices. "Upper Thornhill" (a misnomer name, given to the area by developers for marketing purposes) bounded by Dufferin to the west, Bathurst to the east, Major Mac to the south and Teston to the north is popularly considered a part of Maple.
The Vaughan planning area that includes Block 18 (East Maple), Block 11 (Thornhill/Maple), Block 12 (Upper Thornhill/Maple) and Block 10 (Thornhill Woods) is expected to grow substantially over the next few years. This area is known as the "Carville District"
New areas at the Maple/Thornhill Carville urban village include Thornhill Woods, Coronation, Roxborough, Upper Thornhill Estates, Thornberry Woods, Eagle Hills, Mackenzie Chase, Laureate Walk
Maple's proximity to Toronto and its major transportation corridors, and Vaughan's own political support for development, have lead to the heavy development and heavy population growth. This development brings a great deal of money to the City of Vaughan, as well as the local economy, but at the same time Vaughan is frequently accused of allowing uncontrolled sprawl; Maple is arguably the most prominent example of this. In particular, those that travel up the 400 infrequently notice how much further north the development has moved even in short timeframes. Visitors to Canada's wonderland often remember that ten years ago the amusement park was surrounded by fields; and particularly in the early-mid 2000s has become surrounded by thousands of new houses. Critics suggest that denser, more central development would conserve land and allow the provision of more efficient urban services such as public transit, services traditionally thwarted by the spread-out subdivisions and lack of a dense and central downtown typical of most cities of Maple's size.
Outside Maple, Vellore to the southwest used to serve as the municipal office for Vaughan until the late-20th century when it was moved to Maple. Today, the old town hall of Vaughan is a landmark.
Nearest communities Concord is a suburban community in the city of Vaughan, located north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
Woodbridge is a large suburban community (Estimated 2006 pop. ...
Kleinburg is a small unincorporated village located in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. ...
King City is an affluent, unincorporated village in King Township, Ontario, Canada, located just north of Toronto. ...
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...
Thornhill (2006 population 106,394) is a community in Ontario, Canada, directly north of Toronto. ...
Schools It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into language immersion. ...
Maple High School (MHS) is a high school in Maple, Ontario, Canada. ...
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The Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (Hebrew: ×”×קדמיה העברית עש ×˜× × ×‘×ו×), or Tanenbaum CHAT, is a secondary Jewish day school which is located on two campuses in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada. ...
Religious Places St.Davids(Catholic)-Majour Mackenzie Drive St. Andrews(Presbyterian)-Keele Street Maple Community Church-Keele Street- inside the community centre Maple Community Church-Discovery Trail-inside Discovery Public Elementary School Mosque-Muslim-Jane Street New Hope United Church(Protestant)-Keele Street Carrville United Church-(Protestant)-Rutherford Road Zio Lutheran Church(Lutheran)-Keele Street St.Stephans Anglican Church(Anglican))-Keele Street
Famous People Max Aitken, Better known as 1st Baron Beaverbrook, was born in the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Manse in 1879. His father left for a congregation in Newcastle New Brunswick the following year. There is a plaque outside the Church, noting that as Lord Beaverbrook, he donated a carillon.[1] Sir William Maxwell Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (May 25, 1879 - June 9, 1964) was a Canadian–British business tycoon and politician. ...
The Presbyterian Church in Canada is the name of a Christian church, of Protestant, of presbyterian, and reformed theology and polity, serving in Canada under this name since 1875. ...
Ritchie Wharf on the Newcastle waterfront in the City of Miramichi. ...
Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope restored) Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Official languages English, French (the only constitutionally bilingual province in the country) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson - Premier Shawn Graham (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 10 - Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st...
For the University of Regina student newspaper, see The Carillon. ...
Artist Mendelson Joe was raised in Maple. Mendelson Joe (born Birrel Josef Mendelson on July 30, 1944) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter. ...
Award-winning author and syndicated columnist Gordon Kirkland attended George Bailey Public School and Joseph A. Gibson Public School in Maple. Canadian author, newspaper columnist, and entertainer Gordon Kirkland was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1953. ...
Sites of interest and attractions - Canada's Wonderland, Toronto and Southern Ontario's amusement park.
- Vaughan Mills, The Mills, mega mall, located in the southwest
- Southbrook Farms Winery, Located on Major Mackenzie just east of Dufferin St.
Canadas Wonderland (often referred to locally as Wonderland) is a 330 acre theme park located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, 30 kilometres north of Toronto, Ontario. ...
Vaughan Mills is a large shopping centre in Canada, with almost 1. ...
References and notes - ^ Maple's population determined by GeoSearch 2006, using Teston Road, the CN Rail east of Keele Street, Highway 400, and Rutherford Road
- 2. ^ Community Demographics - Maple, ON. Industry Canada. Retrieved on 2006-04-12.
- 3. ^ Online Plaque Guide: Lord Beaverbrook 1879-1964. The Ontario Heritage Foundation. Retrieved on 2006-04-12.
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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