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Under the 2001 StatsCan definition, the population was 6,704,598 in the 2001 census.<ref name="2001census">{{cite web|url=http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Maps/ThematicMaps/horseshoe_e.cfm|title=Population and Dwelling Counts, Census Subidivisions (Municipalities) Included in the Extended Golden Horseshoe, 2001 and 1996 Censuses|publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]|year=2003|accessdate=2006-05-05}}</ref><ref name="analysis">{{cite web|url=http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Highlights/Text_e.pdf|title=2001 Census Analysis Series - A profile of the Canadian population: where we live (PDF)|publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]|accessdate=2006-05-05}}</ref> Under the latest provincial definition, the 2006 population estimate would be 7.8 million (approx. 25% of the Canadian population).
Under the 2001 StatsCan definition, the population was 6,704,598 in the 2001 census.<ref name="2001census">{{cite web|url=http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Maps/ThematicMaps/horseshoe_e.cfm|title=Population and Dwelling Counts, Census Subidivisions (Municipalities) Included in the Extended Golden Horseshoe, 2001 and 1996 Censuses|publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]|year=2003|accessdate=2006-05-05}}</ref><ref name="analysis">{{cite web|url=http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Highlights/Text_e.pdf|title=2001 Census Analysis Series - A profile of the Canadian population: where we live (PDF)|publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]|accessdate=2006-05-05}}</ref> Under the latest provincial definition, the 2006 population estimate would be 7.8 million (approx. 25% of the Canadian population).
There is also a wider, but less used, definition of an international [[megapolis]] which extends across the border into western [[New York]] state, including the [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo-Niagara]] and [[Rochester, New York]] urban areas. Using a centre-point in Lake Ontario all these urbanized areas are located within a 100km (60 mi.) radius. The total population in this definition would be around 10 million people.
There is also a wider, but less used, definition of an international [[megapolis]] which extends across the border into western [[New York]] state, including the [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo-Niagara]] and [[Rochester, New York]] urban areas. Using a centre-point in Lake Ontario all these urbanized areas are located within a 100km (60 mi.) radius. The total population in this definition would be around 10 million people.

Although the region between [[Erie County]] and [[Peterborough County]], with 9 million people, is the 5th largest metropolitan area in North America, it is going to surpass [[Chicagoland]] withing a 10 year period.


The "horseshoe" part of the region's name is derived from the characteristic [[horseshoe]] shape of the west end of Lake Ontario with [[Burlington, Ontario|Burlington]] roughly positioned in the centre. The "golden" part is historically attributed to the region's wealth and prosperity, according to the [[Canadian Oxford Dictionary]]. (An alternative explanation often quoted attributes it to its bright, or "golden", appearance from [[Outer space|space]], as a result of a continuous urban stretch of nighttime lights; however, the name predates [[satellite imagery]].)
The "horseshoe" part of the region's name is derived from the characteristic [[horseshoe]] shape of the west end of Lake Ontario with [[Burlington, Ontario|Burlington]] roughly positioned in the centre. The "golden" part is historically attributed to the region's wealth and prosperity, according to the [[Canadian Oxford Dictionary]]. (An alternative explanation often quoted attributes it to its bright, or "golden", appearance from [[Outer space|space]], as a result of a continuous urban stretch of nighttime lights; however, the name predates [[satellite imagery]].)
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* [[Peterborough County|Peterborough]]
* [[Peterborough County|Peterborough]]
* [[Northumberland County, Ontario|Northumberland]]
* [[Northumberland County, Ontario|Northumberland]]
* [[Erie County, Ontario|Erie County]]
* [[Erie County, |Erie County]]
* [[Niagara County, New York|Niagara County]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:34, 23 October 2006

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The census divisions that constitute the original Golden Horseshoe appear in red on the map. The divisions in green are more recently considered part of the "Greater" Golden Horseshoe, formerly a region known as South Central Ontario.

The Golden Horseshoe is a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada. Although it is a geographically named sub-region of Southern Ontario, "Golden Horseshoe" is more frequently used to describe the urban agglomerations or megapolis that stretches across the area.

The built-up region extends from Niagara Falls at the eastern end of the Niagara Peninsula, wraps around Lake Ontario west to Hamilton, anchored by Toronto on the northwest shore of Lake Ontario, continuing to the east of Oshawa and spreading inland in all directions away from the Lake Ontario shoreline.

A July 13, 2004 report from the provincial Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal entitled Places to Grow coined the term Greater Golden Horseshoe, extending the boundaries west to Waterloo Region, north to Barrie, and northeast to Peterborough.[1] A subsequent edition released February 16, 2005, broadened the term further, adding Brant, Haldimand and Northumberland Counties. Statistics Canada defined the region first in its 2001 census as the Extended Golden Horseshoe, combining many CMAs.

Under the 2001 StatsCan definition, the population was 6,704,598 in the 2001 census.[2][3] Under the latest provincial definition, the 2006 population estimate would be 7.8 million (approx. 25% of the Canadian population). There is also a wider, but less used, definition of an international megapolis which extends across the border into western New York state, including the Buffalo-Niagara and Rochester, New York urban areas. Using a centre-point in Lake Ontario all these urbanized areas are located within a 100km (60 mi.) radius. The total population in this definition would be around 10 million people.

Although the region between Erie County and Peterborough County, with 9 million people, is the 5th largest metropolitan area in North America, it is going to surpass Chicagoland withing a 10 year period.

The "horseshoe" part of the region's name is derived from the characteristic horseshoe shape of the west end of Lake Ontario with Burlington roughly positioned in the centre. The "golden" part is historically attributed to the region's wealth and prosperity, according to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary. (An alternative explanation often quoted attributes it to its bright, or "golden", appearance from space, as a result of a continuous urban stretch of nighttime lights; however, the name predates satellite imagery.)

List of CMA's above 250,000

List of regions

The following regions (Census divisions) are within the Golden Horseshoe:

The expanded Greater Golden Horseshoe also includes these regions:

References

  1. ^ "Places to Grow". Retrieved 2006-09-13.
  2. ^ "Population and Dwelling Counts, Census Subidivisions (Municipalities) Included in the Extended Golden Horseshoe, 2001 and 1996 Censuses". Statistics Canada. 2003. Retrieved 2006-05-05.
  3. ^ "2001 Census Analysis Series - A profile of the Canadian population: where we live (PDF)" (PDF). Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2006-05-05.

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