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Fact of the day
Whitby Sports
The Junior A Whitby Warriors have won the Minto Cup four times since 1984. The Brooklin Redmen Senior A club is one of the most successful teams in Canadian sport.
Source: Wikipedia, Whitby, Ontario
Durham Region Quiz
The Regional Municipality of Durham was created in 1974 from parts of Ontario County and the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham.
Durham Region Quiz
Durham Region counted 696,992 people in 2021, up 7.9 percent from 2016. It is expected to pass one million people by 2041.
Durham Region Quiz
When the new region was planned in 1972, many expected Pickering to be annexed to Metro Toronto, which its residents had supported in a vote. It became part of Durham instead.
Durham Region History
The 1972 plan included Hope Township and Port Hope, and left out the northern townships of Scott, Brock and Thorah. The final map turned out quite different.
Durham Region Numbers
About 2,500 square kilometres, from suburbs on Lake Ontario in the south to farms and small towns in the north. The regional government is based in Whitby.
Durham Region Numbers
Durham Region. As of 2016 it had more than 250 energy, environment and engineering businesses, employing over 11,000 people.
Durham Region History
About 18,600 acres, bought by the federal government in 1972. Much of it was leased for farming for decades, and the airport plan was formally cancelled in 2025.
Sources: Wikipedia, Regional Municipality of Durham, Wikipedia, Pickering, Ontario
Durham Region Quiz
Oshawa, Whitby and Clarington form the Oshawa census metropolitan area. Pickering, Ajax and Uxbridge are counted in the Toronto metro area.
Durham Region People
One: the reserve of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, on Scugog Island in Lake Scugog.
Durham Region Nature
Lake Ontario along its southern shore and Lake Simcoe in the north, where Beaverton and Thorah Island are part of Brock Township.
Sources: Wikipedia, Regional Municipality of Durham, Wikipedia, Beaverton, Ontario
Durham Region Nature
At its Uxbridge wedge. The moraine's ridges run about 160 km east to Rice Lake, and they peak in the Uxbridge area.
Source: Wikipedia, Oak Ridges Moraine
Durham Region Nature
Pickering and Uxbridge. The park follows the Rouge River north from Lake Ontario and covers about 79 square kilometres.
Durham Region Numbers
83 percent of Durham residents over 18 have a certificate, diploma or degree.