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About the Orangeville, Mono and Amaranth, Ontario Area Request our Free Orangeville, Mono and Amaranth Relocation Package. It's packed full of useful and important information about the Orangeville, Mono and Amaranth, Ontario area. Don't move here without it! Remember: we'll send it to you for free and without obligation. Just fill out the form and we will send it right out... Orangeville, OntarioFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orangeville (2006 population 26,925; UA population 29,110) is a town in south-central Ontario, Canada, and the seat of Dufferin County. DemographicsAccording to the Canada 2006 Census:
HistoryBefore European settlers,Orangeville was thought to be a native hunting ground. No permanent settlements have been identified in the area, although minor burial sites have been discovered. The first patent of land was issued to Ezekiel Robinson, a land surveyor, on August 7, 1820. This was followed by land issued to Alan Robinet in 1822. In 1863, Orangeville was named after Orange Lawrence, a businessman born in Connecticut in 1796 who owned several mills in the village. As a young man, he moved to Canada and settled in Halton County. During the Mackenzie's rebellion in 1837, he was a captain in the militia. Lawrence purchased the land that became Orangeville from Robert Hughson. In 1873, the Act of Incorporation was passed and Orangeville was given town status on January 1, 1874. The public library, located at Broadway and Mill Street, was completed in 1908. Andrew Carnegie, well-known businessman and philanthropist, provided financial assistance for its construction. EconomyOrangeville serves as an administrative and commercial hub for Dufferin County, northern portion Peel Region and the surrounding area. Orangeville's downtown core is home to several retail stores, and there is a cluster of big-box stores in the Fairgrounds Shopping Centre. Many residents of Orangeville and the surrounding area also commute to the Greater Toronto Area for work. There are also a number of manufacturing plants located in town. Major industrial employers include Johnson Controls (automotive seats), Greening Donald (automotive airbag components), Resolve Corporation (computer outsourcing), Clorox Company of Canada (Glad garbage bags), Relizon Canada (pressure sensitive labels), Plastiflex Canada Inc. (plastic hoses), Symplastics Limited (plastic sheets) and HiSAN of Canada (automotive components). Transportation and infrastructureThe main intersection in the heart of the town is Broadway (formerly Provincial Highway 9) and First Street. Provincial Highway 10 runs through Orangeville on its east side. Beginning in 2005, a major roadwork project was initiated to resurface Broadway through Orangeville. The downtown section was completed in early 2006, with extensive work still be done on the west end into the fall of 2006. In conjunction with this project was a plan to build large planters in the middle of Broadway through the downtown section (First-Third Streets [West - East]). This project has been quite controversial. Many people have found the plan to be overambitious and impractical. Safety concerns have also been raised by the Fire Department because the new concrete planters in the middle of the road have made the right of ways too narrow for fire trucks to properly set up in case of a fire in a downtown building. Construction on this project was completed in late Fall 2006. Construction of the South Arterial Road, often referred to as the 'Orangeville by-pass', has reached its completion. The road runs from East to West, connecting Highway 10 and County Road 109 (formerly Highway 9). Much of the Eastern stretch runs through the Town of Caledon, but officially enters into Orangeville at the Townline Road controlled intersection. When the project was first announced on May 11, 2005 it was touted as the panacea to the commercial truck traffic that congested both Broadway and Townline Road. Aecon Construction and Materials Limited was the successful bidder for the Design Build project with a price of $9.8 million. The project was completed in conjunction with Brampton-based Armbro Construction, TSH Engineers Architects Planners, Peto MacCallum Ltd. and Gartner Lee Ltd. The town has its own public bus system, and GO Transit bus service to Brampton. In early 1990s, preliminary plans were drawn up for GO Transit rail service in Orangeville. However, it never got past the drawing board. Concerns have been raised over the town's sewage treatment facilities, which are located on Townline Road. Many have argued that, given the town's growing population, the current facilities must be upgraded or replaced. However, despite these demands and the growth of its residential population, the Town does not have the tax base to responsibly finance the project. The Town has attempted to defer such construction by implementing a water conservation program that makes use of water usage metering. About 100 years ago, survey work was underway for an electric railway line which would serve Orangeville, the Huron and Ontario Electric Railway. EducationThere are currently nine public and separate elementary schools in Orangeville: Credit Meadows, Mono Amaranth, Montgomery Village, Parkinson Centennial, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, St. Andrew's RC, St. Benedict's RC, St. Peter's RC and Island Lake Public School. Along with these publicly funded schools, there are several private schools in the area: Dufferin Area Christian School, Hillcrest Private School, The Maples Independent Country School, Orangeville Christian School, and Trillium Montessori School. There are two Secondary Schools located within the boundaries of Orangeville: Westside Secondary School and Orangeville District Secondary School (ODSS). Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School is located about 20 minutes away in Caledon East. Humber College is scheduled to offer full-time programs in Fall 2007 at a temporary location. A new campus is planned on a 28-acre site located on Veteran's Way. The first phase of the new facility is planned to open in late fall 2007 or early 2008. Upon opening, the campus is expected to accommodate up to 400 students, expanding to 2,000 by 2017. Georgian College also operates a satellite campus offering part-time courses. MediaThe local radio station, CIDC, formerly targeted its news and variety programming out of Orangeville to Southern Huronia. However, it subsequently became a top-40 station targeting the Toronto, Ontario and Area. The signals have been moved southeast to increase coverage into Greater Toronto, and studios have been moved to the Toronto community of Etobicoke. There are two local newspapers based in Orangeville, the Orangeville Citizen and the Orangeville Banner. In addition, the town is also serviced by the major national and Toronto newspapers. Until June 2005, Rogers Television maintained its Peel North studio and production facility at 98 C-Line. The facility was closed to allow for expansion of the Peel North headend. Rogers is the cable provider for Orangeville. Government and PoliticsThe mayor of Orangeville is Rob Adams. Orangeville is located in provincial electoral district of Dufferin-Caledon. This was changed from Dufferin-Peel-Wellington-Grey when the Province instituted the 107 electoral districts revision in 2006. Its current Member of Provincial Parliament is Sylvia Jones, former assistant to Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader, John Tory. Federally, Orangeville is located in the Dufferin—Caledon electoral district. Its elected Member of Parliament is currently David Tilson of the Conservative party. Famous residents
Orangeville is a hotbed of box lacrosse, and has produced a number of notable National Lacrosse League players, including:
 Mono, OntarioThe Town of Mono (2006 population 7,071) is situated in south-central Ontario, at the south-east corner of County of Dufferin, just north of Caledon. It stretches from Highway #9 along its southern border to Highway #89 along its northern bordern. Its border to the west is with the Township of Amaranth and in the east it is bordered by the Township of Adjala-Tosorontio. It was previously known as the Township of Mono. Mono is a rural community in both geography and character. It has a great deal of change in the topography, being composed of mostly rolling, tree-covered hills. It holds many streams and creeks which form the headwaters of three rivers - the Humber River, Nottawasaga River and Credit River and most of the town is located on high land relative to the rest of Southern Ontario. This leads to its current slogan of 'the heart of the headwaters'. Mono's residents live on farms, rural estates and in small settlements. Mono Centre, Hockley Village and Camilla are just some of the small communities which exist within the Town of Mono. Mono's population represents many different backgrounds, including the farming community, local businesses, numerous artists and artisans, commuters to neighbouring towns and cities, and weekend escapees from the urban bustle. According to the Canada 2006 Census:
References: Footnotes: ↑ The data has not yet been released and is based on 2001 Census. Recreation and TourismMono Cliffs Provincial Park is one place where the Niagara Escarpment puts out a dramatic appearance. The dominant features of the park are three Escarpment outcrops known as the Mono Rocks. The TDSB operates an outdoor education and conference centre located within the park. [1] Also, the Bruce Trail goes through this area. The Hockley Valley itself is a popular destination for tourists in the fall wishing to take in the changing colours of the leaves in autumn. Outside of the Bruce Trail, there are several parks and the Niagara Escarpment is a UNESCO protected Biosphere reserve, one of only 12 in Canada. There are several recreational attractions in the region as well. The Hockley Highlands Resort and The Hockley Valley Resort are both located on the 3rd Line of Mono. The Hockley Valley Resort has both a golf course for activities in the summer and a popular ski resort for winter get-aways. There are also cross country skiing trails at Monora Park, as well as a disc golf course. References In Popular CultureJames Cameron, the director of the 1997 film Titanic, spent time in his childhood in the Caledon region to the south and still has family there. As a tribute to his youth, he named the villain in Titanic, Caledon Hockley, after both Caledon and the Hockley valley area. Dan Needles, a playwright, has created a series of plays based on the fictional adventures of Walt Wingfield. The plays have been running for over 2 decades and appeared at venues including the Royal Alexandria Theatre in Toronto and the Stratford Festival of Canada. In the plays, the main character lives in Persephone Township... pronounced 'Purse - a - phone'. As Dan Needles grew up just north of Mono Township, it is generally thought that this is a shot at the residents of Mono who pronounce Mono as 'Mo - no' as opposed to how one would pronounce the illness of the same name. Amaranth, OntarioAmaranth is a township in Ontario, Canada with a 2006 Population of 3,845. It is named after the plant which grows abundantly within its borders. It is bordered by Mono to the east and East Luther to the west. The township of Amaranth is on the 6th line. Directly across from it is Laurelwoods Elementary School. There is a park with baseball diamonds and soccer fields on the property of the township. Amaranth has 10 lines or roads. Going perpendicular to these roads are sideroads. There are 6 side roads. Each side ends with a townline. There are many farms in Amaranth as well as gravel pits. There is a legend that a mammoth was found during a digging of a gravel pit. The township encompasses the communities of Amaranth Station, Blacks Corners, Bowling Green, Campania, Crombie, Farmington, Fraxa, Jessopville, Laurel, Laurel Station, Maple Grove, Waldemar and Whittington. DemographicsAccording to the Canada 2006 Census:
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