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Brampton is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a lower-tier municipality within the Peel Region.
Brampton is Canada’s 9th largest city, moving from a small population of 500 in 1853 to 656,480 in 2021. It is the fastest growing of Canada’s largest 25 cities, and Brampton’s growth represents 90.2% of the net population growth within the Region of Peel (between 2016 and 2021).
Sep 19, 2024 · Brampton, city, regional municipality of Peel, southeastern Ontario, Canada, located on Etobicoke Creek, just west of Toronto. Brampton, founded about 1830, was named after the English birthplace of John Elliott, one of its founders. During the city’s development, horticulture, tanning, and paper.
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Indigenous peoples have lived in the Brampton area for thousands of years, particularly near the Credit and Humber rivers. The Wendat (Huron) farmed vegetables, fished, hunted and lived in longhouses. When Europeans arrived in the 1600s, French traders allied with the Wendat and became enemies with the Haudenosaunee. The Iroquois Wars, fought in pa...
In 1819, a British soldier named Richard Bristol surveyed Chinguacousy Township. Other English settlers began arriving in 1820. In the 1830s, Brampton was established just south of Chinguacousy Township. Originally known as Buffy’s Corners, Brampton was renamed for a town in Cumberland, England when it was incorporated as a village in 1853. The vil...
Brampton is Canada’s ninth-largest city (see also Largest Cities in Canada by Population). It is also the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area, after Toronto and Mississauga. Brampton’s population is ethnically diverse. Over 52 per cent of residents identify as South Asian, according to the 2021 census. Other prominent ethnic groups withi...
Brampton is located on prime agricultural land and was largely used for farming until recent decades. Jersey cattle from breeders B. H. Bull and Son set milk-production records, and a Holstein bull from Rosafe Farms fathered Cuba’s dairy herd for decades. During the 1920s, nearly half of Canada’s cut flowers were from Brampton’s Dale Estate greenho...
Bill Davis, the Ontario Premier from 1971 to 1985, has lived in Brampton his entire life. Davis is cited as an inspiration to Patrick Brown, the former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Brown was elected Mayor of Brampton in 2018. Jagmeet Singh served as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton East, before being chos...
The Brampton Excelsiors lacrosse team, formed in 1871, won the Mann Cup 11 times, most recently in 2011. Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Jayna Hefford played for the defunct Brampton Thunder, as did Cassie Campbell-Pascall. Basketball player Andrew Wiggins and tennis player Milos Raonicare also from Brampton. Brampton has eight library branches, as we...
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Apr 26, 2023 · From the one-stop-shop Chinguacousy Park to the down-to-earth vibe of the Brampton Farmers Market to the late-night attractions of Playdium and Activate, Brampton is a city filled with great ways to pass the time with family and friends.
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