The Greater Golden Horseshoe Region
An international economic, agricultural and cultural hub
The Greater Golden Horseshoe is one of
North America’s fastest growing regions. It is
home to 9 million people, meaning that onequarter of all of Canada’s population lives
here. It attracts one in three new immigrants
to Canada. By 2041, it is forecasted to have a
population of 13.5 million.
Georgian Bay
Lake Huron
CITY OF
ORILLIA
COUNTY OF
SIMCOE
COUNTY OF GREY
COUNTY OF BRUCE
REGION OF
WATERLOO
CITY OF
KAWARTHA LAKES
Lake
Simcoe
CITY OF
PETERBOROUGH
CITY OF
BARRIE
COUNTY OF
DUFFERIN
REGION OF
YORK
REGION OF
PEEL
COUNTY OF
WELLINGTON
COUNTY OF
PETERBOROUGH
REGION OF
CITY OF HALTON
GUELPH
COUNTY OF
NORTHUMBERLAND
REGION OF
DURHAM
Urban Growth Centres
GO Transit
CITY OF
TORONTO
Major Highways
Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Conceptual Designated Greenfield Areas
Lake Ontario
Delineated Built-Up Areas
Greenbelt Areas
Greenbelt Plan (Protected Countryside)
CITY OF
BRANTFORD
Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan
CITY OF
HAMILTON
Niagara Escarpment Plan
Urban River Valley
CITY OF
BRANT
REGION OF
NIAGARA
HALDIMAND
COUNTY
Lake Erie
First Nations Reserves
Data Sources: Ministry of Natural Resources and
Forestry, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Projection: NAD83 UTM 17N
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20
40
KM
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The information displayed on this map is not to scale, does not accurately reflect approved land-use and planning boundaries, and may be out of date. For more information on precise boundaries, the appropriate municipality should be consulted. For more information on the Greenbelt Area boundaries, the Greenbelt Plan 2005 should be consulted. The Province of Ontario assumes no responsibility or liability for
any consequences of any use made of this map.
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This region is Canada’s
most important economic
engine, generating twothirds of Ontario’s and
one-quarter of Canada’s
Gross Domestic Product.
Key economic clusters
include financial services,
information technology
and telecommunications,
automotive, food and
beverage, biomedical
and biotechnology, and
aerospace. The Greater
Golden Horseshoe region is one of the top
three economic clusters in North America for
the food and beverage industry.
The region’s 32,000 square kilometres
includes some of Canada’s most productive
farmland, as well as world-renowned natural
features, like the Niagara Escarpment, the
Greenbelt, and the Oak Ridges Moraine.
View the public notice at ontario.ca/ebr (Registry #012-325).