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The Regional Municipality of York, also called York Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto.The region was established after the passing of then Bill 102, An Act to Establish The Regional Municipality of York, in 1970.
York Regional Council is the political body for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada.Created in 1970, it consists of 21 elected representatives plus the appointed Regional Chair.
York Region, located in southcentral Ontario, Canada, assigned approximately 50 regional roads, each with a number ranging from 1 to 99.All expenses for York Regional Roads (i.e: maintenance, traffic lights, and snow clearing) are funded by the York Region government.
York is a district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located northwest of Old Toronto, southwest of North York and east of the Humber River. Originally formed as York Township, it encompassed the southern section of York County. It was split several times, creating East York and North York.
York County was created on 16 June 1792 [1] and was part of the jurisdiction of the Home District of Upper Canada. It originally comprised all of what is now the City of Toronto, the regional municipalities of Halton, Peel, and York as well as portions of the Regional Municipality of Durham, and the City of Hamilton.
York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada.Its headquarters are in Richmond Hill, at 50 High Tech Road.. YRT operates 65 full-time rush hour and limited routes, 35 school services, and six Viva bus rapid transit routes.
Markham (/ ˈ m ɑːr k ə m /) is a city in York Region, Ontario, Canada.It is approximately 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Downtown Toronto.In the 2021 Census, Markham had a population of 338,503, [2] which ranked it the largest in York Region, fourth largest in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and 16th largest in Canada.
In 1971, York Region was created, part of a wave of municipal re-organization which converted many townships into towns and eliminated many of the municipal forms of organization which had existed within those townships. The establishment of a regional administration effectively eliminated the Police Village of Thornhill.