Newmarket (Ontario)

Geography

The geographical position of Newmarket is 44.05°N, 79.46°O, and its rise is 239 m above the Sea level. The city has a surface of 38.07 km ² and it belongs to the area of Large Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe in a zone which is called the " area 905" because of its regional code of telephone.

The town of Newmarket touches in north at the town of East Gwillimbury, in the east at the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, in the south at the town of Aurora is in the west with the canton of King, which does all also parts of the regional municipality of York.

Newmarket is located at the north of the Moraine of Oak Ridges. For this reason, all the rivers of the city run towards north to the lake Simcoe. The principal river of Newmarket is the East Holland River (known by people of the city simply like the Holland River ), and all the other rivers of the city are affluents there. One finds between them the Bogart Creek , a Ruisseau which walks on in the city via the Hameau of Bogarttown and which is emptied in the East Holland River in the north of the city, the Western Creek , another brook which takes its source in the west of the city and is also emptied in the East Holland River , the Tannery Creek which joint with the East Holland River after having run by Aurora, and some other small brooks. In the north of Davis Drive, approximately 200 m downstream from the convergeance of the East Holland To rivet and the Bogart Creek , the East Holland River does not follow a natural road. At the beginning of the 20th century, one rectified a little the road of the river to prepare it for his functionality envisaged of channel. One even built a whole series of lock S on the river, but the plan failed. One forever open the channel, and Newmarket never became port.

There are two tanks with Newmarket. The Fairy Lake , a favorite center of recreation in the center of the city, is an old basin of storage on the East Holland River . The Bogart Lays , also an old basin of storage, is on the Bogart Creek in Bogarttown. This one is much smaller than that one, but also broader. Moreover, the level of water in the East Holland River in the north of Davis Drive is controlled by an incomplete lock, which gets busy nowadays like stopping of reserve, in the north of the city.

Newmarket is also located at the south of, and above the littoral of the old lake Algonquin, where rises fall from the undulating hills which characterize Newmarket until the platte ground of the Holland marsh.

The ground with Newmarket consists mainly of deposits of gravel and of sand left by the glaciers for the last glacial period which finished approximately 10.000 years ago. These deposits are so deep that one does not find nowhere in Newmarket of outcrops.

Population

According to Rencensement of 2001, the population of the city was of 65.788 inhabitants. The Department of planning of the regional municipality of York currently evaluates (on March 31st, 2006) quantifies it to 77.518. According to the same source, quantifies it planned for 2011 is of 87.000 inhabitants.

Being given the surface of the city, quantifies it most recent of the population of Newmarket means that the density of the population exceeds by a little 2036/km ².

History

The city was founded in 1801 as a Quaker establishment whose chief was Timothy Rogers. Before little one built several mills to supply the inhabitants, and the production of these mills was so large that one gave to the new city the name " New Market" (" New Marché" in English) in opposition to the " Marché" old man; , i.e., Toronto. The source of the capacity of these mills was the East Holland River .

Newmarket was constituted in village in 1857 and downtown in 1880. Before the years 1950, Newmarket was in full boom, especially with regard to the construction of new houses. This boom was caused by the prosperity of the period after the Second world war and by the proximity of Newmarket to Toronto. The expansion continues until the more recent decades, and the city now includes/understands two hamlets which were once of distinct communities. They are Armitage (on the street Yonge in the south of Mulock Drive) and Bogarttown (with the crossroads of Mulock Drive and the street Leslie).

Newmarket is a city prosperous and independent with a quite strong conscience of its own history. It is not a new city of the Toronto-native suburbs, but an old city with a very rich inheritance.

Blazon

The blazon of Newmarket comes from the seal of the city. The flag of the city is a field navy blue with this same reason in the center. It is said that the Ruche and the Abeille S symbolize the industry of the city. The current form of the seal was introduced in 1938 with some deteriorations of the original shape of the blazon, although the general concept of the hive and the bees still remains like before. The origin of the blazon is a little mysterious. One does not know which artist composed the current blazon - nor the original blazon - and the city does not have anything in its file which points out the purchase of the blazon.

Education

Newmarket has 15 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools under the school council York Region District School Board , and also 6 elementary schools and a secondary school under the catholic council York Catholic District School Board . There is also a private school, Pickering College

The four public secondary schools are (in the order of their construction):

Newmarket High School
Huron Heights Secondary School
Dr. John Mr. Denison Secondary School
Sir William Mulock Secondary School

There is only one catholic secondary school:

Sacred Heart Catholic High School

There are also a mixed boarding school/externat private:

Pickering College

Government

In 2005, Tom Taylor is the Maire of Newmarket. He has this function since 1997.

The city belongs to the federal district of Newmarket-Aurora. In 2005, the district is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Belinda Stronach, a member of the Liberal party of Canada and a former student of Newmarket High School. Miss. Stronach was elected like member of the Conservative party, but later, it changed party. She was re-elected on January 23rd, 2006 like liberal member.

The city belongs to the provincial district of York North in the legislative Assemblée of Ontario. This district includes/understands Newmarket, East Gwillimbury and Georgina. In 2005 the preserving member Julia Munro represents York North.

Governmental offices with Newmarket:

the town hall
the district council of York
the Police force Regional of York
provincial Law courts

Well-known inhabitants

Jim Carrey, actor and comic.
John Candy, actor and comic.
Says Clapper, player of Hockey for the Bruins of Boston of 1927 to 1947 and member of the Temple of re-elected hockey.
Vince Corazza, actor.
Mazo of the Rock, écrivaine of the Jalna series.
Knell Tiger, rock'n'roll group.
Mike Kitchen, principal trainer for the Blues of Saint-Louis. (Born in Newmarket, high with Schomberg, Ontario)
H.R. MacMillan, CBE, D.C., specialized in forestry and industrialist, administrator during the war, philanthropist.
William Mulock, old Minister for the Cabinet and Judge as a chief of the Supreme court of Ontario.
Joe Murphy, member of the Oilers d' Edmonton during 1990 when they gained the Coupe Stanley.
Peter Orr, Olympic player of baseball
Tyler Stewart, beater for the Barenaked Ladies.
Elvis Stojko, former world champion in Figure skating.
Belinda Stronach, Member of the current Parliament
Curtis Joseph born in Keswick, grown with Sharon (in the North-East of Newmarket, made lécole secondary with Newmarket)
Corey Locke hockey player
Ben Johnson moved in Newmarket of Jamaica when it was adolescent; there still lives.
Jamie Macoun former hockey player for the Maple Leafs of Toronto and the Flames of Calgary of the National league of hockey.

External bonds

official Internet site of the town of Plane Newmarket
of Newmarket (interactive; centered on the old town hall)
Newmarket from the point of view of a satellite

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