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Newmarket | |
|---|---|
| Town of Newmarket | |
 Newmarket's Old Town Hall, situated in the historic Main Street area | |
| Motto: "Prudence"[1] | |
 Location of Newmarket within York Region | |
  Newmarket Location of Newmarket within Southern Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 44°03′29″N 079°27′30″W / 44.05806°N 79.45833°W[2] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional municipality | York Region |
| Settled | 1801 |
| Incorporated | 1857 (village) |
| Incorporated | 1880 (town) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Seat of York Region |
| • Mayor | John Taylor[3] |
| • Regional Councillor | Tom Vegh[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 38.50 km2 (14.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 239 m (784 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 87,942 (70th) |
| • Density | 2,284.1/km2 (5,916/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Forward Sortation Area | |
| Area code(s) | 905, 289, 365, and 742 |
| Website | newmarket |
Newmarket (2021 population: 87,942[4]) is a town and regional seat of the Regional Municipality of York in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is part of Greater Toronto in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The name stems from the fact that the settlement was a "New Market",[5] in contrast to York as the Old Market.
The town was formed as one of many farming communities in the area, but also developed an industrial centre on the Northern Railway of Canada's mainline, which was built in 1853 through what would become the downtown area.[6] It also became a thriving market town with the arrival of the Metropolitan Street Railway in 1899.[7] Over time, the town developed into a primarily residential area, and the expansion of Ontario Highway 400 to the west and the construction of Ontario Highway 404 to the east increasingly turned it into a bedroom town since the 1980s. The province's Official Plan includes growth in the business services and knowledge industries, as well as in the administrative, manufacturing and retail sectors.
Landmarks include Upper Canada Mall, Southlake Regional Health Centre, the Main Street Heritage Conservation District, and Wesley Brooks Conservation Area (locally called "Fairy Lake Park" or "Fairy Lake").[8]
- ^ Town of Newmarket Crest - Town of Newmarket Archived July 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Newmarket". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ a b "2018 Municipal Election". Town of Newmarket. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ a b "Newmarket, Town Ontario (Census Subdivision)". Census Profile, Canada 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
- ^ "Heritage and History". www.newmarket.ca. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ^ McChesney, Peggy. "A Brief History of the Town of Newmarket" (PDF). Newmarket. Town of Newmarket. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ Wyatt, David. "Toronto and York Radial Interurban". All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ "Wesley Brooks - Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority". www.lsrca.on.ca. Retrieved October 7, 2021.