York Region by Numbers
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  • 1 million - estimated population of York Region by end of 2006 - Fastest growing municipality in Canada

    • 80+ - number of different cultures in York Region

    • 1756 - square kilometres York Region covers

    • 4 - number of 400 series highways that feed into York Region

    • 1,000 - kms of roads in York Region

    • 500+ - square kilometres of glacial Kettle Lakes in York Region

    • 2,070 - number of hectares of forest that cover York Region

    • 800+ - number of high-tech companies and Canadian headquarters located in the Markham/Richmond Hill area of York Region

    • 72 - number of golf courses located in York Region - over 1/3 of all the golf courses in the GTA

    • 4,800 - number of fish caught in just six hours on Lake Simcoe at the 2006 annual Canadian Ice Fishing Championships (Sutton, York Region)

    • 163 - number of years that the annual Markham Fair has been held - the oldest fall fair in Ontario, one of the oldest county fairs in Canada and the 4th largest in the country

    • 100 - number of acres of wooded conservation land surrounding the McMichael Canadian Art Collection

     

    More York Region facts can be found at: About York Region.