NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Steeles Avenue

Steeles Avenue is an east-west road that forms the northern city limit of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 693 KB) Photographer: Me, Leslie Mateus, a user of the portuguese wikipedia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 693 KB) Photographer: Me, Leslie Mateus, a user of the portuguese wikipedia. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty...

Steeles is named after a tavern owner whose last name was Steels, but the name was corrupted to the current form.

From the eastern city limit, Steeles runs along the Toronto's northern border with York Region and west to Albion Road. West of Albion Road, Steeles continues into Peel Region, through Brampton and into the Halton Region town of Milton. After breaking at Appleby Line atop the Niagara Escarpment (due to the presence of the Crawford Lake Conservation Area), the road resumes just east of Guelph Line and continues until the Milborough Townline on the boundary between Milton and the former township of Flamborough (now Hamilton). East of Toronto-Pickering Town Line, the road becomes Taunton Road. York Regional Municipality, also called York Municipality or York Region, is a municipality in south-central Ontario, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto. ... Albion Road is the Toronto, Ontario section of former Ontario provincial highway 50, that runs from the Intersection of Weston Road and Walsh Avenue to Steeles Avenue and Highway 427. ... Motto: Working for you Area: 1,241. ... The Regional Municipality of Halton, or Halton Region, is a regional municipality located in Ontario, Canada in the southwest part of the Greater Toronto Area and until 1974 was known as Halton County. ... Milton is the name of a number of places: In the United States of America: Milton, Delaware Milton, Florida Milton, Illinois Milton, Indiana Milton, Iowa Milton, Kentucky Milton, Maine Milton High School in Alpharetta, GA Milton, Massachusetts Milton, New Hampshire Milton (town), New York (in Saratoga County) Milton, Ulster County... Rattlesnake Point near Milton, Ontario. ... Milton is the name of a number of places: In the United States of America: Milton, Delaware Milton, Florida Milton, Illinois Milton, Indiana Milton, Iowa Milton, Kentucky Milton, Maine Milton High School in Alpharetta, GA Milton, Massachusetts Milton, New Hampshire Milton (town), New York (in Saratoga County) Milton, Ulster County...

Steeles Avenue is one of the few east-west routes that has the distinction of being continuous from the Toronto/York Region to Peel Region (the others are Eglinton Avenue, Dundas Street, Highway 7, and Bovaird Drive/Castlemore Road/Rutherford Road/Carrville Road/16th Avenue). York Regional Municipality, also called York Municipality or York Region, is a municipality in south-central Ontario, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto. ... Motto: Working for you Area: 1,241. ... Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Dundas Street showing the 506 Carlton Streetcar (the 505 Dundas Street streetcar also runs along Dundas), with Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in background. ... The following highways are numbered 7: Route 7 (Hong Kong) U.S. Route 7 New York State Route 7 Washington State Route 7 This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... 16th Avenue is a east-west concession road in York Region and runs in the Towns of Markham, Richmond Hill and the city of Vaughan. ...

Although Steeles Avenue is at the boundary between the City of Toronto (formerly Metro Toronto) and York Region, it is maintained by the City of Toronto. Several years ago, Ontario's Worst Roads (OWR) listed it as one of the streets in the poorest condition due to congestion and potholes.

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See also

Major streets in Toronto and Peel Region which intersect with Steeles (east to west):

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