Brooklin | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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  Brooklin | |
| Coordinates: 43°57′30″N 78°57′35″W / 43.95833°N 78.95972°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional municipality | Durham |
| Town | Whitby |
| Settled | 1820s |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 25,000[citation needed] |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code(s) | 905 and 289 |
| NTS Map | 030M15 |
| GNBC Code | FALWV |
| Website | brooklin |
Brooklin is a community in the town of Whitby, Ontario, Canada, north of central Whitby, at the south junction of Ontario Highways 12 and 7. While Brooklin proper is confined to a specific area, people in the surrounding area largely identify their location as "Brooklin" rather than "Whitby".
Brooklin was located primarily in a rural area about two decades ago, but it is now part of the urban Whitby, with high population growth and infrastructure development. Brooklin is surrounded by hills covering the north and the west. The hills and the forests that dominate the north are part of the South Slope of the Oak Ridges Moraine.[1] It is located within the Lynde Creek Watershed which retains 19 to 26% of its forest cover.[2] The population has grown rapidly since the early 1990s with the addition of thousands of homes, predominantly in the subdivisions that surround Brooklin.