Markham /ˈmɑrkəm/, a city in the Regional Municipality of York, lies within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. At the 2011 Canadian census it had a population of 301,709. Markham's population in 2015 was estimated at 342,000 through The Region of York population census data monitoring . The city is the fourth-largest community within the Greater Toronto Area after Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton and the largest municipality in York Region. Markham changed its status from town to city on July 1, 2012.
Population: 261,573
Latitude: 43° 52' 0.55" N
Longitude: -79° 15' 58.68" W
Lawrence Park is an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto and was ranked the wealthiest neighbourhood in all of Canada in 2011. It is bordered by Yonge Street to the west and Bayview Avenue to the east, and from Blythwood Ravine on the south to Lawrence…
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Leaside is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located northeast of Downtown Toronto, in the vicinity of Eglinton Avenue East and Bayview Avenue. The area takes its name from William Lea and the Lea family, who settled there in the ea…
IBM Canada's head offices are currently located in Markham, Ontario and have been there since the early 1980s.
Shouldice Hernia Centre is a hospital in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, that is known for its specialization in external abdominal hernia operations. Shouldice uses a natural tissue, tension free, technique developed during World War II by Dr. Edward E…
Rouge Park is a park located in the Rouge River watershed, along the border of Toronto and Pickering, Ontario, Canada. Efforts are underway to make it Canada's first national park within an urban area.
The Don Jail is a former jail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located to the east of the Don River, on Gerrard Street East in the in the Riverdale neighbourhood. It was completed in 1864, and was recently renovated to serve as the administrative wing o…
Glendon College (French: Collège universitaire Glendon) is a federated campus of York University in Toronto, Canada. An internationally oriented, bilingual liberal arts college with 84 full-time faculty members and a student population of about 2,70…
Unionville High School (known locally as UHS) is a public high school of the York Region District School Board in Ontario, Canada. It is located west of the community of Unionville in the city of Markham.
Havergal College is an independent boarding and day school for girls from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Greektown – also known as Greektown on the Danforth, or more simply, The Danforth – is a neighbourhood and Business Improvement Area (BIA) of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Danforth Avenue, between Chester Avenue and Dewhurst…
De La Salle College "Oaklands" (De La Salle College Toronto, or De La Salle) is a private, independent co-educational Catholic school in Toronto, Ontario. It is operated by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools as a university prepa…
Buttonville Municipal Airport or Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport (IATA: YKZ, ICAO: CYKZ) is a medium-sized airport in Buttonville, Ontario, Canada, within Markham, bordering Richmond Hill and 29 km (18 mi) north of downtown Toronto. It is oper…
Toronto streetcar loops serve as termini and turnback points for routes on the streetcar system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The single-ended streetcars require track loops in order to reverse direction.
The Scarborough Town Centre is a shopping mall in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Central to the Scarborough City Centre, it is adjacent to the Scarborough Centre RT station and Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal.
The Cathedral of the Transfiguration was a Slovak Byzantine Rite Roman Catholic cathedral located on a lot that used to be part of the Victoria Square community in Markham, Ontario, Canada. However, upon urbanization and development, the former cath…
Agincourt is a neighbourhood and former village now within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Agincourt is located in north-eastern area of Toronto. It is centred along Sheppard Avenue between Kennedy and Markham Roads (north-south includes lands between Hig…
The Don Valley Brick Works, also known as Evergreen Brick Works, is a former quarry and industrial site located in the Don River valley in Toronto, Canada. The Don Valley Brick Works operated for nearly 100 years and provided bricks used to construc…