Caledon (; 2021 population 76,581) is a

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in the

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in the

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, Canada. The name comes from a shortened form of

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, the Roman name for what is now

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. Caledon is primarily rural with a number of

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and small villages, but also contains the larger community of

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(population 26,795) in its southeastern quadrant, adjacent to

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. Some spillover urbanization also occurs in the south bordering the City of

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. Caledon is the northernmost of three municipalities of Peel Region. The town is northwest of Brampton. According to

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the land area is and, according to the city the area is , which makes Caledon the largest municipality by area in the Greater Toronto Area.

History

By 1869, Belfountain was a village with a population of 100 in the Township of Caledon, County Peel. It was established on the

Credit River The Credit River is a river in southern Ontario, which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment near Orangeville and Caledon East to empty into Lake Ontario at Port Credit, Mississauga. It drains an area of approximately . The total l ...

. There were

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es to

Erin Erin is a personal name taken from the Hiberno-English word for Ireland, originating from the Irish word ''"Éirinn"''. "Éirinn" is the dative case of the Irish word for Ireland, "Éire", genitive "Éireann", the dative being used in preposi ...

and Georgetown. The average price of land was $20. In 1973, Caledon acquired more territory when Chinguacousy dissolved, with most sections north of Mayfield Road (excluding Snelgrove) transferred to the township. Caledon inherited the name from

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Peel County, Ontario Peel County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. Named for Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the county was organized in 1851. Settlers, however, were in Toronto Township as early as 1807. The Credit Rive ...

, in 1974, which was likely named by settlers like Edward Ellis, who came from the area around

Caledon, County Tyrone Caledon () is a small village and townland (of 232 acres) in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is in the Clogher Valley on the banks of the River Blackwater, Northern Ireland, River Blackwater, 10 km from Armagh. It lies in the southeast ...

, now in

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, or by public voting. In 1974, Peel County's 10 municipalities became the Region of Peel's 3 municipalities. The Town of Caledon was created from the villages of Bolton and Caledon East, the townships of

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and Caledon, and the north half of Chinguacousy.

Communities

The primary administrative and commercial centre of Caledon is the community of

, which the federal government estimated as having a population of 26,795 in 2021. Aside from Bolton, other smaller communities in Caledon include the following: * Rural service centres (i.e., larger hamlets, villages, or new residential developments):

Caledon East Caledon East is an unincorporated community located within the Town of Caledon, Ontario, Canada, within the Regional Municipality of Peel. It has a population of 5 575. Geography Caledon East is located in Ward 3 of Caledon. The area is surrou ...

, Mayfield West * Villages:

Alton Alton may refer to: People *Alton (given name) * Alton (surname) Places Australia * Alton National Park, Queensland * Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne Canada * Alton, Ontario * Alton, Nova Scotia New Zealand * Alton, New Zeala ...

, Belfountain, Caledon Village,

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, Mono Mills, Palgrave * Hamlets: Albion,

Alloa Alloa (Received Pronunciation ; Scottish pronunciation /ˈaloʊa/; , possibly meaning "rock plain") is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is on the north bank of the Forth at the spot where some say it ceases to ...

, Brimstone (Brimstone Point), Campbell's Cross,

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, Claude, Melville, Mono Road,

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, Wildfield * Industrial/commercial centres: Sandhill,

Tullamore Tullamore (; ) is the county town of County Offaly in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is on the Grand Canal (Ireland), Grand Canal, in the middle of the county, and is the fourth most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, Midlands Reg ...

, Victoria * Other localities: Boston Mills, Castlederg, Cedar Meadows, Cedar Mills, Coulterville, Coventry, Ferndale, Forks of the Credit, The Grange, Humber, Humber Grove, Kilmanagh, Lockton, Macville, McLeodville, Glasgow, Palgrave Estates, Rockside, Rosehill, Silver Creek, Sleswick, Sligo, Star, Stonehart, Taylorwoods, Tormore, Valleywood The municipality is otherwise sparsely populated, mostly with farms.

Former localities

Former hamlets (

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) include: * Kennedy's Corners (Old School and Airport Roads) * Fox's Corners (Willoughby Road and Charleston Side Road) * Greenlaw (The Grange Sideroad and Winston Churchill Boulevard) * Caldwell (The Grange Sideroad and Kennedy Road) * Caldwell Junction (Olde Base Line and Mountainview Roads) * “Old” Glasgow (Edelweiss Park/Humber Valley Heritage Trail) * Glencoe's Corners (Olde Base Line and Creditview Roads) * Mayfield (Mayfield and Dixie Roads). Area at Brampton boundary now undergoing urbanization. * McBride's Corners (Olde Base Line Road and Highway 10) * Ballycroy (Ballycroy Road and Highway 50)

Demographics

In the

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, conducted by

, Caledon had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a

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of in 2021. In 2021, the median age was 40.8 years old, slightly lower than the provincial median of 41.6 years old. Caledon's population is made of 49.8% women and 50.2% men. There were 24,795 private dwellings. According to the 2011 National Household Survey, the median value of a dwelling in Caledon is $474,087, significantly higher than the national average of $280,552. The median household income (after-taxes) in Caledon is $83,454, much higher than the national average of $54,089. The average individual's income was $53,870.

Ethnicity

According to the 2021 Census, the largest five ethnic origins of the residents of Caledon are

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

(17,630; 23.2%),

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

(10,320; 13.6%),

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Associated with India * of or related to India ** Indian people ** Indian diaspora ** Languages of India ** Indian English, a dialect of the English language ** Indian cuisine Associated with indigenous peoples o ...

(9,120; 12.0%),

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

(8,270; 10.9%), and

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(8,095; 10.6%). 66.3% of Caledon residents were white/European, 32.8% were visible minorities, and 0.8% were

Indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...

. The largest visible minority groups were

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(21.4%),

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(3.6%),

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(1.7%),

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

(1.0%) and Filipino (1.0%)

Language

is the

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of 65.4% of the residents of Caledon. Native speakers of

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabis, Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a ...

make up 11.1% of the town's population,

5.4%, Portuguese 1.4%,

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

1.3%, and

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

1.0%.

Religion

As of 2021, 58.5% of Caledon's population was

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, down from 77.5% in 2011. 38.2% of residents were

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, 10.5% were

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, 6.0% were Christian without precision, 1.8% were

Christian Orthodox Orthodoxy () is adherence to a purported "correct" or otherwise mainstream- or classically-accepted creed, especially in religion. Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical co ...

, and 2.0% belonged to other Christian denominations or Christian-related traditions; 19.3% of the population was non-religious or secular, up from 18.6% in 2011. All other religions and spiritual traditions accounted for 22.2% of the population, up from 3.9% in 2011. They included

Sikhism Sikhism is an Indian religion and Indian philosophy, philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups, major religio ...

(14.3%),

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...

(4.7%),

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

(2.1%),

Buddhism Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

(0.5%), and

Judaism Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of o ...

(0.4%).

Government

The town is run by a mayor, six town councillors and two regional councillors. The mayor and the two regional councillors represent Caledon at the Region of Peel: *

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Annette Groves * Councillor Ward 1 Lynn Kiernan * Councillor Ward 2 Dave Sheen * Councillor Ward 3 Doug Maskell * Councillor Ward 4 Nick deBoer * Councillor Ward 5 Tony Rosa * Councillor Ward 6 Cosimo Napoli * Regional Councillor Wards 1, 2, 3 Christina Early * Regional Councillor Wards 4, 5, 6 Mario Russo Per capita, Caledon has by far the largest representation on

Peel Regional Council Peel Regional Council is the governing body of the Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada. Formation Peel Council was formed in 1973 when the Regional Municipality of Peel was created to replace the old Peel County. It was created by th ...

of the three municipalities, however Caledon's land mass exceeds that of Mississauga and Brampton combined.

Climate

Education

The

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operates 14 public schools and two secondary (high) schools in Caledon. The

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB, known as English-language Separate District School Board No. 43 prior to 1999) is the separate school board that oversees 153 Catholic school facilities (125 elementary schools, 26 seconda ...

operates several Catholic elementary/middle and two secondary schools. The '' Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir '' operates one Catholic

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(

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French) elementary school. There also several private and

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schools.

School (location in community)

* Allan Drive Middle School (Bolton) * Alloa Public School (Alloa) * Alton Public School (Alton) * Belfountain Public School (Belfountain) * Brampton Christian School (Mayfield West) * Caledon Central Public School (Caledon Village) * Caledon East Public School (Caledon East) * Countryside Montessori and Private School * Creative Children's Montessori School (Bolton) * École élémentaire catholique Saint-Jean-Bosco (Mayfield West) * Ellwood Memorial Public School (Bolton) * Herb Campbell Public School (Campbell's Cross) * Headwater Hills Montessori School *

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* Holy Family Elementary School (Bolton) *

Humberview Secondary School Humberview Secondary School (formerly The Humberview School, or Humberview Senior Public School) is a high school in Bolton, Caledon, Ontario, Canada. Notable students * Cory Trépanier, artist * Organik, founder of the King Of The Dot battle ...

(Bolton) * King's College School * James Bolton Public School (Bolton) * James Grieve Public School (Tullamore) * Macville Public School (Bolton) *

Mayfield Secondary School Mayfield Secondary School is located in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the Regional Arts Schools in the Peel District School Board. Notable alumni * Kyle Quincey, NHL Defenceman * Megan Bonnell, folk musician * Clifton Brown, Muay Th ...

* Mind Valley Montessori and Private School (Bolton) * Palgrave Public School (Palgrave) * St. Evan Catholic Elementary School (Mayfield West) * St. John Paul II Elementary School (Bolton) * Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School (Caledon East) * SouthFields Village Public School (Mayfield West) * St. Cornelius Elementary School (Caledon East) * St. John the Baptist Elementary School (Bolton) * St. Nicholas Elementary School (Bolton) * St Michael Catholic Secondary School (Bolton) * Tony Pontes Public School (Mayfield West)

Emergency services

Caledon Fire & Emergency Services provides firefighting (using both career and volunteer firefighters), and medical emergency services. It has nine stations. Ambulance service is run by the regional government's

Peel Regional Paramedic Services Peel Regional Paramedic Services, provide ambulatory and paramedic care for the municipalities within Peel Region, in Ontario, Canada. Paramedic Headquarters are located in Brampton at 1600 Bovaird Road east and operations serve the residents of ...

, with three stations (#10, 11 and 12). Despite being part of Peel Region, Caledon has its policing conducted from

Ontario Provincial Police The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the State police, provincial police service of Ontario, Canada. The OPP patrols Provincial highways in Ontario, provincial highways and waterways; protects Government of Ontario, provincial government buil ...

Caledon Detachment, rather than

Peel Regional Police The Peel Regional Police (PRP; ) provides policing services for Peel Region (excluding Caledon) in Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest municipal police service in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, and the third largest municipal force b ...

. The OPP also patrols the provincial highways in Caledon.

Transportation

Highways/roads

Highways in the municipality: *

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(

Hurontario Street Hurontario Street is a roadway running in Ontario, Canada between Lake Ontario at Mississauga and Lake Huron's Georgian Bay at Collingwood. Within Peel Region, it is a major urban thoroughfare within the cities of Mississauga and Brampton, whi ...

) *

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(southerly continuation of Highway 10) Former highways (now Regional roads): * Charleston Sideroad or Peel Road 24 (formerly Highway 24 west of Highway 10) * Peel Road 50 (formerly Highway 50) * Peel Road 136 (formerly Highway 136) Though never a provincial highway, Airport Road (Peel Poad 7), is a major north-south route to and from the

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for travellers from southern Peel.

Public transit

GO Transit

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operates two bus routes in Caledon: *serving Bolton along Highway 50 and through east

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and connecting with

Malton GO Station Malton GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network, located near Toronto Pearson International Airport, in the community of Malton in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Kitchener line, and is a flag stop for Vi ...

on the

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. *serving Orangeville and

and connecting with

Brampton GO Station Brampton Station (), known as Bramption Innovation District GO for sponsorship reasons, is a railway station served by GO Transit and Via Rail, located at 27 Church Street West in downtown Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is directly connected to th ...

on the

Georgetown line Kitchener is one of the seven passenger lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It extends westward from Union Station in Toronto to Kitchener, though most trains originate and terminate in Brampton in off-p ...

via

and Brampton's Main Street.

Local transit

Due to its largely rural nature, Caledon does not have its own transit system; however,

Brampton Transit Brampton Transit (BT) is a public transport bus operator for the City of Brampton in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada. Brampton Transit began operations in 1974. In , the system had ...

provides a rush hour-only bus line, 41 Bolton in Bolton and travels south down Highway 50 in to Queen Street/

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(at the border of Brampton and

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) to make connections with other Brampton Transit routes and York Region Transit (YRT). Brampton Transit also operates three other routes short distances into suburban areas bordering Brampton within the town: Route 81 Mayfield West serves Kennedy Road in Mayfield West, and Routes 18 Dixie and 30 Airport Road provide limited service into industrial areas.

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services for the elderly, disabled, and infirm are provided by Caledon Community Services Transportation and Transhelp. Both are run by the Region of Peel Accessible Transportation Services.

History

There were two earlier privately-operated transit services running solely within Bolton with no connections to other services: In 1999 a company named Caledon Transit Incorporated ran a trial bus service in the community. In 2006, the growing population of Bolton prompted local resident Darren Parberry to start a second bus service with two routes using leased school buses, called Métis Transit. One route ran briefly in 2006. Both services ceased operations due to low ridership. Between 2019 and 2024, there was a third service, operated by a private contractor, Voyago, which provided

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service in Bolton and traveled south down Highway 50 to Queen Street/Highway 7 to connect with Brampton Transit and YRT until it was replaced by the current Brampton Transit Route 41 on May 1, 2024. Adult cash fares were $4.00 and there were no free transfers with these systems.

Culture

The Alton Mill Arts Centre is located in Caledon. Art galleries include Headwaters Arts and

Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives Peel or Peeling may refer to: Places Australia * Peel (Western Australia) * Peel, New South Wales * Peel River (New South Wales) Canada * Peel Parish, New Brunswick * Peel, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Peel Parish * Pee ...

Media

Established in 1888 as the ''Cardwell Observer'', ''The Caledon Enterprise'' is published weekly from Bolton by

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. Also based out of Bolton is ''The Caledon Citizen'', established in 1982. A MELINIUM paper, it is published by Caledon Publishing Ltd. A third newspaper, launched by Rick and Shelly Sargent in 2010, ''The Regional'', was published monthly in Bolton. In November 2012, the paper was acquired by Caledon Publishing and ceased publication. The Sargents began working with the ''Caledon Citizen''. In January 2015 an online publication specific to Caledon, JustSayinCaledon.com, was started by former Bolton Ward 5 Regional Councilor Patti Foley. It publishes stories about local residents and businesses, Caledon event listings, town council highlights, opinion pieces, and a food section about local markets and restaurants. A short-lived student-run newspaper, ''The Caledon Underground'', was published in 2010. The

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''1999'' depicts a fictional television station based in Caledon, called Caledon Local 21, which was on the air from 1997 to 1999 in the broadcast area of stations in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton.

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and its parent H.B. Fenn are headquartered in Bolton. The radio stations

CJFB-FM CJFB-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a variety hits format which operates at 102.7 FM broadcasting, FM in Bolton, Ontario, Bolton, Ontario. The station is branded as ''FM 102 Bolton''. History Rick Sargent, the owner of the stat ...

and

CFGM-FM CFGM-FM was a Canadian radio station, which aired at 102.7 Hertz, MHz (FM broadcasting, FM) in Caledon, Ontario, Caledon, Ontario. Originally licensed in 2007 to broadcast a tourist information format, it expanded into a commercial adult contempo ...

are broadcasting from here.

Historic sites

*Old Township Hall (Caledon Village; built c.1875, now used as a theatre) *Millcroft Inn (Alton; woollen mill, built in 1881, now a hotel) *Alton Mill (Alton; woollen mill, c.1881, now an arts centre) *Brick Work Ruins (Cheltenham) * Humber River (designated as a

Canadian Heritage River The Canadian Heritage Rivers System (CHRS; ) is a joint program administered by the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to conserve and protect the best examples of Canada's river heritage, to give them national recognition, and to e ...

) *Great War Flying Museum (at Brampton-Caledon Airport) *Hair Pin Turn (Beside the

)

Trails

*Andrew's Treasure Trail *

Bruce Trail The Bruce Trail is a hiking trail in southern Ontario, Canada, from the Niagara River to the tip of Tobermory, Ontario. The main trail is more than long and there are over of associated side trails. The trail mostly follows the edge of the Nia ...

*Caledon Trailway *Elora-Cataract Trail *Grand Valley Trail *Humber Valley Trail *Oak Ridges Trail

Organizations

Freemasonry Freemasonry (sometimes spelled Free-Masonry) consists of fraternal groups that trace their origins to the medieval guilds of stonemasons. Freemasonry is the oldest secular fraternity in the world and among the oldest still-existing organizati ...

* Caledon Ski Club * Kinsmen Club Christmas Parade * Columbian Squires *

Knights of Columbus The Knights of Columbus (K of C) is a global Catholic Church, Catholic Fraternal and service organizations, fraternal service order founded by Michael J. McGivney, Blessed Michael J. McGivney. Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men. ...

Protected areas

Albion Hills Conservation Area Albion Hills Conservation Area (AHCA) is located in the Town of Caledon within the Regional Municipality of Peel. AHCA is located eight kilometers north of Bolton, off of Highway 50 at 16500 Highway 50, Palgrave, Ontario. It is owned and managed ...

* Alton Grange Property * Belfountain Conservation Area * Caledon Lake Forest Conservation Area *

Forks of the Credit Provincial Park Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, located in Caledon, Ontario, Caledon, Ontario, Canada, is part of the Ontario Parks system and is part of the Niagara Escarpment biosphere. The park is on the Bruce Trail. The Credit River runs through the park ...

* Glen Haffy Conservation Area * Ken Whillans Conservation Area * Palgrave Forest and Wildlife Area * Robert Baker Forest Conservation Area * Terra Cotta Conservation Area * Warwick Conservation Area

Sports and recreation

Junior hockey teams include the Caledon Admirals (Jr. A), Caledon Bombers (Jr. B) and the

Caledon Golden Hawks The Caledon Golden Hawks are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. They are a member of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. Formerly they played in the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League. History The Caled ...

(Jr. C). The

Caledon Canadians The Caledon Canadians are a defunct Junior "A" ice hockey team from Caledon, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League and were the only team in the "Metro" to win an Ontario Hockey Association Junior "A" Championship. ...

are now defunct. Minor hockey teams include the Caledon Hawks and the Caledon Coyotes. Lacrosse in Caledon is represented by the Caledon Vaughan Minor Lacrosse Association, which operates Minor Field and both minor and junior C box teams. Mike Fox, the winner of the 2007 Queen's Plate, was foaled in Caledon, and

Peaks and Valleys Peaks and Valleys (1992–2012) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. Background Bred by Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, he was the son of Carter Handicap winner Mt. Livermore, a son of the very important Champi ...

currently stands there. Caledon Equestrian Park, in Palgrave, hosted the equestrian events of the

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

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