The Greater Golden Horseshoe Region An international economic, agricultural and cultural hub
The Greater Golden Horseshoe is one of Georgian Bay North America’s fastest growing regions. It is home to 9 million people, meaning that one- quarter of all of Canada’s population lives here. It attracts one in three new immigrants to Canada. By 2041, it is forecasted to have a L a k e H u r o n population of 13.5 million. CITY OF COUNTY OF ORILLIA CITY OF PETERBOROUGH KAWARTHA LAKES This region is Canada’s COUNTY OF L a k e most important economic SIMCOE S i m c o e CITY OF COUNTY OF GREY CITY OF engine, generating two- BARRIE PETERBOROUGH COUNTY OF BRUCE thirds of Ontario’s and
COUNTY OF one-quarter of Canada’s NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY OF REGION OF Gross Domestic Product. DUFFERIN REGION OF DURHAM Key economic clusters YORK include financial services, Urban Growth Centres REGION OF information technology GO Transit COUNTY OF PEEL CITY OF WELLINGTON Major Highways and telecommunications, TORONTO Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe automotive, food and Conceptual Designated Greenfield Areas REGION OF beverage, biomedical REGION OF Lake Ontario WATERLOO CITY OF HALTON Delineated Built-Up Areas and biotechnology, and GUELPH Greenbelt Areas Greenbelt Plan (Protected Countryside) aerospace. The Greater Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan CITY OF Golden Horseshoe region is one of the top CITY OF HAMILTON Niagara Escarpment Plan three economic clusters in North America for BRANTFORD Urban River Valley First Nations Reserves the food and beverage industry. CITY OF REGION OF BRANT NIAGARA Data Sources: Ministry of Natural Resources and The region’s 32,000 square kilometres Forestry, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing HALDIMAND includes some of Canada’s most productive COUNTY Projection: NAD83 UTM 17N farmland, as well as world-renowned natural 0 20 40 80 n L a k e E r i e KM ¯ features, like the Niagara Escarpment, the
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