Whitchurch-Stouffville (population 2016 45.837) is a municipality in the Greater Toronto Area of ​​Ontario, Canada, about 50 kilometers north of downtown Toronto, and 55 kilometers northeast of the Airport Pearson International Toronto. It covers 206.41 square kilometers, and is located in the middle east area of ​​York City Municipality in ecologically sensitive Oak Ridge Moraine. Its slogan since 1993 is "a country close to the city".
The town of Whitchurch-Stouffville consists of several different communities and rural intermediaries. The largest urban area is the Stouffville community (2011 pop 24,866), while other communities in larger cities include Ballantrae, Bethesda, Bloomington, Cedar Valley, Gormley, Lemonville, Lincolnville, Lake Musselman, Pine Orchard, Pleasantville, Preston Lake, Ringwood, Vandorf, Vivian, and Wesley Corners. The city is bordered by Davis Drive (York Regional Road 31) to the north, York-Durham Line (York Regional Road 30) to the east, and Highway 404 to the west. The southern boundary corresponds to a position about 200 meters north of 19th Avenue (York Regional Road 29), and is irregular due to the land annexation that was once part of Markham Township in 1971.
Between 2011 and 2016, the city grew 21.8%, making it the second fastest growing city in the York Region. The number of private dwellings jumped from 7,642 in 2001 to 15,712 in 2016, with an average of 2.9 people per private dwelling. The city projects a total population of 55,800 by 2021, and 60,600 by 2031, with 97% growth within the urban boundaries of the Stouffville Community.
Future growth is regulated by the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act (2001), the Greenbelt Protection Act (2005) and the Places to Grow Act (2005). The purpose of this law is to prevent urban sprawl on environmentally sensitive land and to accommodate future growth in only approved residential areas. As a result, the future growth of Whitchurch-Stouffville is planned as "sustainable development", largely within the confines of Stouffville alone, reflecting the vision of "the small town tradition between the state and the city".
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Histori
The oldest human artifacts found in Whitchurch Township dates back to 1500 BC and are found in the hamlet of Ringwood (now part of the urban Stouffville). Before the arrival of Europeans, the two original tracks crossed what is today Whitchurch-Stouffville. The Vandorf Trail ran from the Rouge to Newmarket water sources, across the heights of the Vandorf hamlet, and the Rouge Trail ran along the Rouge River and northwest of Lake Musselman; both part of the early landing system and Coureur des bois leading through dense jungle from Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe. The area is the site of several indigenous villages, including the Iroquois settlement around Preston Lake, Vandorf, and Lake Musselman. In 2003, the great 16th century Huron village was found at Stouffville during the development of the land; about 2000 people once inhabited the site (Mantle Site), which included the palisade and more than 70 long houses, resulting in tens of thousands of artifacts. In 2012, archaeologists revealed that European iron-wrought axes were found on the site - "Europe's earliest iron strip ever found in the North American interior." Huron sites other significant villagers have found in the southeast (Draper Site on Pickering Airport land) and to northwest of Stouffville town (Ratcliff or Baker Hill Site on Ontario Highway 48, and Old Fort or Aurora Site on Kennedy Road).
The western end of Whitchurch and Markham Townships were purchased by the British crown from Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation in 1787 as part of the Toronto Purchase. Whitchurch Township was created in 1792 as one of ten small towns in York County. It was named in honor of the village of Whitchurch, Herefordshire in England, where Elizabeth Simcoe (wife of Lieutenant Governor Upper Canada Sir John Graves Simcoe), was born. The first European settlement in Whitchurch Township was founded in the 1790s, though Whitchurch and large areas of southern Ontario were only handed over by Mississaugas south-Central Ontario in 1923. Between 1800 and 1802, John Stegman completed a municipal survey that created a land concession system. This allowed the distribution of organized land to the settlers, with each concession containing five, 200-acres (0.81 km 2 ) many. This layout remains visible today, because the road network in the area reflects the boundary location between the concession blocks.
Early settlers of this period included Quakers and Mennonites - two pacifist groups from the states of Pennsylvania, Vermont, and New York. Both groups seek religious freedom, and are identified by Top Canadian governments as people with the skills and abilities necessary to build a viable community which in turn can attract others to settle in the region. Mercenaries German soldiers, like Stegman, were also granted land in Canada Top by the British in return for their service in the American Revolution against 13 colonies.
Many of the first settlements in Whitchback Township were developed at major crossroads across villages and/or near rivers where factories could be built to process timber cleared from the ground. Stoufferville is one of the hamlets that grows around the chainsaw and mill mill Abraham Stouffer, Mennonite whose wife Elizabeth Reesor Stouffer came from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 1804, and gained 600 acres (2.4 km 2 ) soil. Elizabeth's brother Peter Reesor, founded what Markham today, first called Reesorville. Fifty-five more families from Pennsylvania, mostly Mennonites, arrive at Stoufferville in the next few years. Sawmill Stouffer operated in 1817 at Duffin's Creek on the Whitchurch side of Main St, and in 1825 he owned a gristmill across the street beside Markham Township on Main St.. too.
In the early 1830s, the old Stouffville Street was carved through a mostly virgin forest to connect York (Toronto) with Brock Township; the post office was opened in 1832 and the name of Stouffville was standardized. In 1839, a new resident of England noted that Stouffville still has "no church (other than the Mennonite Meeting House in neighboring Altona), baker, or butcher," though "sachlebag [golist] preachers sometimes come and hold meeting in the school building. "Nevertheless, Stouffville is considered the center of" Radical opinion, "one of" the den of revolution, "and it is here that William Lyon Mackenzie set his plans for the Upper Canadian Uprising in 1837-1938.
The village of Stouffville grew rapidly in the 1840s, and in 1849, it had "one doctor and surgeon, two stores, two taverns, one blacksmith, one waggon maker, one oatmeal factory, one tailor, one shoemaker. " The population reached 350 in 1851, 600 in 1866, and 866 in 1881, with a variety of places of worship Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Baptist and Congregational. In 1869, Ballantrae had a population of 75, Bloomington 50, Gormley 80, Lemonville 75, and Ringwood 100. In 1876, there was a regular stage coach connection from Stouffville to Ringwood, Ballantrae, Lemonville, Glasgow, Altona and Claremont.
In 1877, Stouffville became an incorporated village. The growth of Stouffville is aided by the establishment of Toronto and the Nipissing Railway, built in 1871, connecting Stouffville and Uxbridge with Toronto. In 1877, the second line was built north to Jackson's Point on Lake Simcoe. These connections were largely created to provide a reliable and efficient way to transport harvested and milled timber in these areas. Immediately Stouffville Junction serves thirty trains daily. During this period of prosperity, Stouffville, R.J. Daley built a large music hall, roller-skating arena, and curling rink. In 1911 Stouffville had a public library, two banks, two newspapers, as well as telephone and telegraph lines.
Intensive forestry at Whitchurch Township leads to large-scale deforestation, eroding thin soil in northern Whitchurch into the desert; by 1850 Whitchurch Township was only 35 percent of the forest, and it was reduced to 7 percent in 1910. The Simcoe Junction railway track was consequently abandoned in 1927. Reforestation efforts started locally, and with the passage of the Reforestation Act (1911), the reclamation process this area starts. Vivian Forest, a large conservation area in northern Whitchurch-Stouffville, was established in 1924 for this purpose. This development has helped restore the capacity of groundwater retention and reduce the flood cycle of spring and summer drought. In 2008, the city has over 62Ã,²km of protected forest; forest is considered one of the most successful restorations of the degraded landscape in North America. However, similar environmental consequences due to increased urbanization were projected in 2007 by the Toronto and Regional Conservation Authorities as a possibility for southern Whitchurch-Stouffville (upstream Rouge River) if the targeted plantings in this area did not start quickly. Already in 1993, the Whitchurch Historical Committee warned a new generation of "Whitchurch-Stouffville residents" to be "vigilant to care for trees and forests with respect... In 1990 care had to be taken so urbanization and construction of concrete roads did not repeat destruction for forest heritage we. "
Although growth in the Whitchurch-Stouffville hamlet remained stagnant after the collapse of the forest industry, the population began to grow again in the 1970s, with development in Metropolitan Toronto and the arrival of new commuters. This development led to reexamination at the provincial municipal government level. On January 1, 1971, Whitchurch and Stouffville villages were merged to create the Whitchurch-Stouffville City; the combined population is 11,487. The southern border of the city also moved four farmlands south of Main Street's southern boundary. This land was once part of Markham Township.
Whitchurch-Stouffville adopted the emblem in 1973 (see correct information box). Peace doves, the original seal of Whitchurch Township, are at the top, given the passive Quaker and Mennonite passengers who founded many town communities, including Stouffville. The 1707 British Union banner paid tribute to the Royal British Loyalists. The white church symbolizes Whitchurch, and the stars and trophies come from the Stouffer (Swiss) family emblem.
Toronto's growth brings serious ecological problems to Whitchurch-Stouffville. Between 1962 and 1969, hundreds of thousands of liters per month of sulfuric acid, calcium hydroxide, and waste oil were poured into a Whitchurch-Stouffville dump that was never designed as a landfill site and is located just above the city's main aquifer. This was followed by years of solid waste from Toronto (1,100 tons per day in 1982). In the early 1980s, a group originally called "Concerned Mothers" found that the miscarriage rate at Whitchurch-Stouffville was 26% compared with the provincial average of 15%, and that the city had high rates of cancer and birth. Although the Ministry of the Environment was satisfied that the wells tested in 1974 and 1981 had a negligible level of cancer-causing agents (mutagen), the city opposed the expansion of "York Sanitation Site # 4". Only after much grassroots advocacy at the provincial level was the site ordered to close on 30 June 1983. In 1984 it was reported in the Ontario Legislative Assembly that PCBs were found in well water, and that 27,000 gallons of contaminated leachate per day leaked from the site, threatening groundwater quality.
With the new commuter train service on Stouffville Strip in the 1990s, drilling two deep aquifer wells to secure safer water for new major development in Ballantrae hamlet in 1996, and controversial expansion of the York-Durham Big Pipe Water Channel System with capacity additional water from Lake Ontario, Whitchurch-Stouffville begins a great self-transformation. Unlike the late 19th century, responsible land and water management, as well as positive integration of many new residents each year into the community, determine the challenges and opportunities for Whitchurch-Stouffville in the coming years.
The most significant challenge facing Whitchurch-Stouffville in the coming years, however, is the federal government's proposal of building an immediate south-east international airport from Whitchurch-Stouffville (Pickering Airport land). Under the current plan, the approach for two of the three landing routes will be directly above the Whitchurch-Stouffville community: the first above Ballantrae, Lake Musselman and the northeast corner of Stouffville city, with planes down (or up) from 535 to 365 meters allowable altitude of buildings at Stouffville 43 meters); the second one above Gormley and the Dickson Hill area (near Walmart and the Center of Smart). A "Needs Assessment Study" was completed by the Toronto Municipal Airport Authority for the federal government in May 2010. Following the "due diligence review," Transport Canada released its report in July 2011, which identifies the most likely timeframe for the needs of the Airport to 2027- 2029, and confirms the proposed site layout in the Draft 2004 Draft Report.
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Government
Municipal
Whitchurch-Stouffville is governed by a mayor and six councilors, with one council member representing each of the six city wards. The original environmental limit was created with amalgamation in 1971, and amended in 2009 for the 2010 city elections. The mayor of Whitchurch-Stouffville represents the city in the York County Council. On October 27, 2014, Justin Altmann was elected Mayor of Whitchurch-Stouffville.
Two York District School District guardians are selected to represent Whitchurch-Stouffville and East Gwillimbury (one English and one French), and two guardians for the York Catholic District School Council (one English and one French). The superintendent of the school council was chosen at the same time, and at the same vote, as mayor and city council.
In 2008, 94.4% of Whitchurch-Stouffville residents were satisfied or very satisfied with the overall quality of life in Whitchurch-Stouffville City. In a large community survey, nearly 30% of respondents described the city as good, good, good, good, or fun; more than half of respondents liked the community or small town atmosphere, while 46.3% enjoyed a friendly environment. The most important urban issue that the population demonstrated in 2008 was the need to improve the road system; traffic issues; increase urbanization and population density; development of land use and sprawl; and living expenses (including taxes and user fees) in the city. Environmental protection, including environmental assessments for new development and conservation measures, is identified as being of paramount importance to the population, but low on the satisfaction scale. In the hamlet of Lake Musselman, 72% of the population in 2009 is concerned about the environmental health of the lake and surrounding communities. All municipalities in the York Region except Whitchurch-Stouffville have an active Neighborhood Advisory Committee; the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville dismantled the committee after the city's elections in 2006.
In August 2011, the municipal offices were moved to a business park area at 111 Sandiford Drive in Stouffville.
Province
At the Whitchurch-Stouffville provincial level is at Oak Ridges - Markham is riding. Since 2007, this rider has been represented in the Legislative Council of Ontario by Helena Jaczek, a member of the ruling Ontario Liberal Party. In 2015, the formation of new riders Markham province - Stouffville (district electoral district) was announced, effective for the 42nd provincial elections scheduled for June 2018. New riders will include all Whitchurch-Stouffville.
Federal
At the federal level Whitchurch-Stouffville is on its way from Markham - Stouffville. Since the October 2015 federal election, motorists have been represented by His Excellency Jane Philpott, Health Minister and member of the Liberal Party that ruled Canada.
Geography and environment
The largest part of Whitchurch-Stouffville is located in Oak Ridges Moraine. Moraine consists of dusty hills between 290 and 373 meters above sea level consisting of layers of sand and irregular irregular pebbles (glacial debris built) stored by melting water glaciers in Wisconsin about twenty five thousand to ten thousand years ago. In some cases, retreating glaciers leave and bury giant ice blocks that, when melted, create deep depressions and contain water known as lake kettle. Preston Lake, Van Nostrand Lake, and Musselman Lake are three examples.
The boundaries of Whitchurch-Stouffville contain the division of water boundaries. The flow and rivers at the top of Oak Ridges Moraine flow north into the valley of Lake Simcoe, part of the Huron Lake basin. The southern part (south of Bloomington Road) forms upstream of the Rouge River and Duffins Creek, both flowing into the Lake Ontario valley. The headwaters include many small rivers and tributaries throughout southern Whitchurch-Stouffville. Their identification and protection, plus reforestation in the area, has been identified as urgent to rebuild water capacity in the Red River watershed which can disable the worst environmental impacts (eg, flash floods, erosion and groundwater contamination) from rapid urbanization.. The heavily forested Vivian Infiltration Area is an area of ​​hydrologically important infiltration that contributes to the groundwater to the Oak Ridges aquifer complex.
The northwest corner of Whitchurch-Stouffville is outside the moraines and is part of the Schomberg Lake plain, an ancient lake overlaid by dust and fine sand. The soil formed above the former lake floor is fertile and fertile agricultural land. The southernmost part of Whitchurch-Stouffville on west Highway 48 lies beneath the moraines and clays to the plains.
Spesies pohon asli Whitchurch-Stouffville meliputi: American Mountain Ash, Balsam Fir, Bitternut Hickory, Black Cherry, Black Spruce, Bur Oak, Eastern Hemlock, Eastern White Cedar, Peachleaf Willow, Pin Cherry, Red Oak, Red Maple, Red Pine, Shagbark Hickory, Silver Maple, Sugar Maple, Tamarack, Aspen Gembala, White Birch, White Oak, White Pine, dan White Spruce. Pada tahun 2012, tutupan hutan Whitchurch-Stouffville adalah 28,9%.
The Whitchurch-Stouffville water supply system is groundwater-based with five city wells and since 2009 lake-based (Lake Ontario) as well. 5,500 cubic meters of water drawn from Oak Ridges Aquifer and Thorncliffe Aquifer every day. Stouffville well water is chlorinated for disinfection, and sodium silicate is added to keep the iron from tarnishing pipe fittings and laundry. Two wells receive additional disinfection through the ultraviolet (UV) system. Three groundwater wells are near the Stouffville settlement area (Main Street, east of Line 10); consequently 239 "significant drinking water threats" have been identified.
Whitchurch-Stouffville has a continental climate moderated by the Great Lakes and is influenced by warm, wet southern air masses, and cold and dry air from the north. The Oak Ridges Moraine affects rainfall levels: when the air mass arrives from Lake Ontario and reaches the elevated ground of moraine, they rise causing rain.
Under the KÃÆ'¶ppen climate classification, Stouffville has a humid continental climate (KÃÆ'¶ppen Dfb ) with warm and humid summers and cold winters.
Due to rising greenhouse gas emissions, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources estimates a 1 degree increase in summer and 2 degrees increase in average winter temperatures in the region between 2011 and 2040, and a decrease in rainfall of 0% to 10% average between 1970 and 2000).
Smoke that produces ozone on the ground is a problem affecting the entire Greater Toronto Area. The main route for air pollutants flows from the upper American Midwest and the Ohio River Valley and in southern Ontario and Toronto; Major sources are coal-fired power plants and engines. On the day episode (O3 & gt; 82 ppb), Whitchurch-Stouffville peaked about one to two hours longer than Toronto. Warning Smoke advisers are issued by the Ministry of the Environment when haze conditions are expected to reach the poor category in Ontario. The Greater Toronto area has 13 days of smog in 2008, 29 in 2007, 11 in 2006, 48 in 2005.
Demographics
Between 2006 and 2011, the Stouffville population grew 54.3%, second only to Milton by 56%, and far exceeding the provincial average of 5.7%.
In 2011 with a population of 37,210, 29% of the population was immigrants, 81% of whom came to Canada before 2001; the number of minorities seen growing from 4.53% in 2001 to 24.5% in 2011 (the trend is expected to continue until 2031). In 2012-13, 50% of sixth graders in one of the community's latest schools are effectively bi-lingual (ie, the first language learned at home is other than English), up from 17% in 2008-09. In 2010 the proportion of Whitchurch-Stouffville residents who socialize with people from other cultures is regularly well above the national average.
According to the 2011 Census, English is the native language for 73.4% of Whitchurch-Stouffville residents. Immigrant languages ​​with native Cantonese speakers (3.1%), Italian (3.0%), Tamil (2.0%), and Chinese, are not specified (1.8%).
Infrastructure
Transportation
Motor traffic is served mainly by Ontario Provinces Highway 48, Highway 407, and Highway 404, which in turn is equipped with a regional road network that forms a grid pattern throughout the city. In 1994, plans to connect the urban Stouffville directly to Highway 401 via the proposed East Metro Toll Road were canceled largely due to concerns of residents and occupations of the Rouge River activist group.
Whitchurch-Stouffville is traversed by two railways: One is the main Canadian National Railway transport corridor connecting Greater Toronto to Northern Ontario and Western Canada, being considered for future GO Transit rail services with community stations Vandorf and Gormley (West). The other railway lines, formerly Toronto and Nipissing Railway, are now owned by GO Transit and host Stouffville passenger service to and from Toronto. This line includes two stations in Whitchurch-Stouffville: Stouffville GO Station in Stouffville urban, and the line terminal, Lincolnville GO Station, is located northeast of Stouffville. The York-Durham Heritage Railway also runs the historic train between the station and Uxbridge on a summer weekend.
By 2012, York Region Transit (YRT) operates two routes (9 and 15) in Stouffville urban, with connections to Markham-Stouffville Hospital and other Markham routes. With the York Area Transit Service Plan of 2012, both routes are combined, and the frequency of direct buses to the transit center of the YRT hospital is reduced. In February 2014, a new Route 15 was introduced, connecting Stouffville to Yonge Street in Richmond Hill and into the future of GO-Station at Gormley. GO Transit operates a bus service in Stouffville, with buses traveling south to Markham and to Union Station, Toronto, and services north to Uxbridge City.
Despite excellent access to the York Area Transit and GO Transit system, these two systems are not integrated. In 2011, only 6.9% of Whitchurch-Stouffville residents worked on public transport to start work (compare 14% for Ontario), and only 2.7% walked or cycled to work (compared 3.6% for Whitchurch-Stouffville in 2006, and 6.3% for Ontario in 2011). The excellent public transport option is an increasingly urgent issue for Whitchurch-Stouffville because it continues to grow with daily returns to Toronto (see Economy below).
Other facilities
Markham Stouffville Hospital is a multi-site hospital serving about 400,000 people in the communities of Markham, Uxbridge, and Whitchurch-Stouffville. The main hospital site in Markham, 10 minutes south of Stouffville town on the Nine Line, and linked to public transport from Stouffville. The hospital opened in 1990 and, after a successful $ 50 million expansion campaign, completed a 385,000 sq ft renovation and refurbishment project in 2014. The expanded hospital employs an additional 875 staff and 60 new doctors. Residents in the northern Whitchurch-Stouffville live near the Southlake Regional Health Center in adjacent Newmarket.
The York-Durham Aphasia Center is located in Parkview Village Stouffville, and is a March of Dimes Canada program.
The town of Whitchurch-Stouffville is monitored by York County Police (YRP) and is located in District Number Five; The Whitchurch-Stouffville Community Sub-Station was recently opened at 111 Sandiford Drive in 2014. In August 2010, York District Police reported to the Whitchurch-Stouffville Town Council that crime rates in the region dropped by 7% making it "one of the safest communities in Canada.". "
Stouffville's historic town center offers casual restaurants, cafes, pubs, fine restaurants and boutique shops. Urban Stouffville also has a large-scale format, an unincorporated shopping center moored by Walmart and Canadian Tire. Stouffville does not have a regular movie theater, but Canadian and international films are featured on the second Wednesday of each month at The Lebovic Center for Arts & amp; Entertainment - Nineteen in the Park (built in 1896 as Stouffville Town Hall and converted in 2009).
Outside the town of Stouffville, it operates community centers in Ballantrae, Lemonville and Vandorf hamlets.
Education
The first school building in Stouffville is at St. Church, just north of Main St., where the United Church building stands. In 1865, the school building was purchased by the Methodist congregation and moved across the street; the building is still there as the occupancy of two families. Today Whitchurch-Stouffville is home to some public, Catholic, and private educational institutions.
The York District District School Council has a public secondary education institution at Whitchurch-Stouffville - Stouffville District Secondary School - and eight basic public institutions: Ballantrae Public School, Glad Park Public School, Summitview Public School, Whitchurch Highlands College, Harry Bowes Public School, Oscar Peterson Public School, Wendat Village Public School, and Barbara Reid Public School.
The York Catholic District School Council has three Catholic basic institutions at Whitchurch-Stouffville: Saint Mark's Catholic Elementary (1965), Saint Brigid Catholic Elementary, and Saint Brendan Catholic Elementary (2012). A Catholic Kindergarten School Class 12 through Grade 12 opens in 2015. Catholic schoolchildren graduating from Year 8 are taken to Andrà © Catholic College in Markham, or move into the public system and attend Stouffville District Secondary School.
Stouffville also has four private schools: Progressive Montessori Academy, Stouffville Christian School, Mindtech Montessori School, and Willowgrove Elementary School. In 2009, there were 38 licensed childcare centers registered in York, but none were located in Whitchurch-Stouffville; eight childcare facilities at Whitchurch-Stouffville have a subsidized room, and four do not.
As the city extends to Phase 3 Lands (post-2015), new facilities are being planned to accommodate the increasing number of school-aged children in the community.
In some areas of Stouffville, up to 50% of children are bilingual.
Both the proportion of youth participating in higher education, as well as the proportion of adults at Whitchurch-Stouffville who have completed university programs are growing annually and far exceeding the national average; 31% of adults between 25 and 64 years old have university training; 70% have some form of post-secondary training. However, there is no post-secondary education campus located in Whitchurch-Stouffville. In 1877, the village of Stouffville founded the Mechanics Institute, which later became the Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library. Emmanuel Bible College in Kitchener, Ontario had its beginnings at Stouffville in 1940. In 1991, the city almost reached an agreement with Seneca College to open a new campus in Stouffville. In 2010, Markham Stouffville Hospital (located in Markham) became a teaching place for residents who practice family medicine at the University of Toronto School of Medicine.
Economy
Stouffville's economy before 1900 grew due to the arrival of trains in 1871, and because of the city's location at the junction of Markham-Uxbridge Road and the City Line.
Jobs
By 2013, Whitchurch-Stouffville has about 11,249 jobs (excluding home and agricultural businesses), 58.5% of whom are full-time, 23.7% part-time, and the rest are seasonal. While the manufacturing sector represents the largest number of local jobs in 2001, the actual number is stagnant over the next decade between 1,300 and 1,600 jobs. In 2012, only 12% of local jobs are in the manufacturing sector (1,351), compared to 39% of jobs (or 4,419) in the retail and personal services sector.
While the number of businesses in Whitchurch-Stouffville fell from 750 in 2009 to 690 in 2013, the number of local jobs changed from 10,300 to 13,700.
The majority of the Whitchurch-Stouffville residents are working round-trip to Toronto and beyond to work; in 2011 the median commuter time is 30 minutes. In the same year, Whitchurch-Stouffville's unemployment rate was 6.3% (up from 4.8% in 2006), but below the Ontario average of 8.3%.
The top private sector employers at Whitchurch-Stouffville in 2009 are:
- Teva Canada, pharmaceutical manufacturing: 310 employees
- Parkview Services for Seniors, 250 employees
- Strategic Information Technology, computers and communications equipment and supplies: 160 employees
- K-Line Group, powerhouse: 120 employees
- Ontario SPCA, 120 employees
- Hanson, concrete pipe manufacturing: 105 employees
- King Cole Ducks Processing: 100 employees
- Stock Transportation Ltd., bus and school bus transportation
- Tam-Kal, manufacturing sheet metal for HVAC industry
- Wal-Mart Supercentre
Whitchurch-Stouffville is "the largest aggregate mineral resource area in the York Region;" these gravel sites and resource areas are set to lie north and south of Bloomington Road, and they all lie within the boundaries of Oak Ridges Moraine. Under the Moraine Oak Ridges Conservation Act (2001), future aggregate resource operations must meet stringent standards of review and approval.
In 2001, 20,406 acres (8,258 hectares) of land in Whitchurch-Stouffville was dedicated to agriculture; 45% of farms are between 10 and 69 hectares (280,000 m 2 ) in size; 25% focus on "other animal production," (792 horses and horses at 50 farms) and 24% in greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production. Gross farm income for the year 2000 was $ 27,182,691; gross forestry receipts (after becoming the backbone of the wealth of Whitchurch Township) is $ 59,098.
Since 2009, the city's economic development strategy has focused on small industries based on knowledge, agriculture and environmental services, and nonprofit organizations. Whitchurch-Stouffville is home to two internationally respected nongovernmental organizations: Emmanuel International Canada, GOLD Canada and Christian Blind Mission - Canada (CBM), all located on Stouffville Road near Kennedy Avenue.
Household and housing income
By 2013, the city has 14,334 residential units, and projects the construction of 6,525 new housing units between 2013 and 2021 - and then 1,969 units by 2031 - to accommodate a net increase of 17,408 new residents by 2031.
In 2013, the average value of dwellings in Whitchurch-Stouffville was $ 471,000, or 79% higher than the provincial median of $ 263,500, and the estimated average city income of the city was $ 141,885; The average Ontario is $ 96,100.
Only 8.8% of private residences in Whitchurch-Stouffville are apartments (including couplings) in 2011, down from 15.2% in 2006, and well below the provincial average of 30%. In 2009, the ratio of residence owned to rent a residence in Whitchurch-Stouffville was almost 6 to 1, compared to the provincial average of 2.5 to 1. In 2011, 30 percent of tenants at Whitchurch-Stouffville spent more than half of their income they are in a shelter. cost, the highest in the province.
Due to the high cost of housing in Whitchurch-Stouffville relative to the provincial average, 36% of the Whitchurch-Stouffville business says in 2012 that the public is poorly positioned to attract new immigrant employees, and 45% say the same thing to retain and attract employees. under 30 years. Nevertheless, in 2012 the Stouffville residents protested the zoning in the Official City Plan calling for apartments near their own neighborhoods.
Whitchurch-Stouffville has 51 public social housing units and 124 non-profit units for the elderly (including long-term care facilities).
In 2014, Cardinal Point Neighborhood, a community in Whitchurch-Stouffville built by Geranium Homes, was awarded Places to Grow, Community of the Year by BILDgta.
Social services at Whitchurch-Stouffville include Whitchurch-Stouffville Food Bank , located at Churchill Community Church (Baptist) between the Musselman Lake community and Ballantrae, and Care and Share Thrift Store Mennonite Central Committee) located at Ringwood Drive in the Stouffville Community. YMCA also operates a labor resource center in Stouffville. The skyrocketing cost of housing in the region has resulted in a 28% increase in the use of the Food Bank between January 2008 and January 2010.
Sports
The first sport to be held at Stouffville was curling in 1890 at Mill Pond (now at Latcham Art Gallery and Mennonite Care and Share Thrift Store). Lacrosse was also played at the moment, and in 1897, Stouffville won the Ontario championship. The first hockey team was organized around 1900, and at the turn of the century the Stouffville rink under Burkholder Street was regarded as "Canada's largest and best arena." Lawnbowling has also been played at Stouffville since the early 1900s as well as organized man and woman baseball.
The most important recreational facilities at Whitchurch-Stouffville are Soccer City , an indoor soccer complex of 55,775 square feet (completed 2013); Stouffville Clippers Sports Complex , with two NHL ice pads (completed 2010); Stouffville Arena , with two ice layers; Whitchurch-Stouffville Recreation Center , with a 25-meter swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center and gym, and Bethesda Park , with two diamond balls, a senior soccer field and four mini sports fields (completed 2010).
Whitchurch-Stouffville adalah rumah bagi banyak lapangan golf, termasuk Emerald Hills, Rolling Hills, Spring Lakes, Maples of Ballantrae, Ballantrae Golf & amp; Country Club, St. Andrews East Golf & amp; Country Club, Timber Creek Mini Golf & amp; Family Fun Center, Sleepy Hollow, Meadowbrook, dan Station Creek.
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The city has an ice hockey team "A" Junior, Spirit of Stouffville. The Stouffville Amateur Hockey League (Girls and Girls League), Stouffville-Markham Girls Hockey Association, Whitchurch-Stouffville Little Hockey Association, Whitchurch-Stouffville Skating Club, and Stouffville Adult Skating Club skating program in the city arena.
The Whitchurch-Stouffville Soccer Club was founded in 1977 and has 1,250 members in 2010. The club uses fields in Bethesda Park, Stouffville Arena, Bruce Mill Conservation Area, a field owned by Teva Canada, and Soccer City > indoor facilities.
The Whitchurch-Stouffville Softball Association is a volunteer home league organization. The association uses eleven diamond balls in the city plus five in neighboring villages of Goodwood and Claremont.
Recreation and water recreation path
1,142 hectares of the twenty territories of the York Forest Region (or slightly more than half of the total) are found within the Whitchurch-Stouffville limits.
The Whitchurch Conservation Area covers ten acres, and is accessed in Aurora Sideroad, three miles east of Woodbine Ave. It is connected to the greater York Area Forest Region and to the lane of the Oak Ridges Trail Association.
The Pangman Resources Conservation Area is accessed from Kennedy Road between Davis Drive and Aurora Road or from the Porritt Treaty of the York County Forest using the side footprint of the Oak Ridges Trail Association.
Bruce Milling Conservation Area at Whitchurch-Stouffville is the northern gateway to Rouge Park. The Master Plan for conservation areas includes not only trace systems within the park, but also future trail connections to the inter-regional routes.
An extensive footprint system in Stouffville urban is being developed that connects to the wider forest area of ​​Whitchurch-Stouffville. The most important trail begins in the city along Stouffville Creek and leads through the mature forest around the Stouffville Reservoir. In 2012, Whitchurch-Stouffville has 32 kilometers of lanes.
Whitchurch-Stouffville is also home to a number of lake boilers ideal for outdoor recreation. Although these glacier-formed lakes are crowned properties, and resources of all levels of government are used for their regulation, protection and preservation, the true perimeter of the lake is in private hands (lake kettle is not given any creeks or streams) and therefore only homeowners in the sub-communities that have access rights to the Whitchurch-Stouffville lake. Access to Musselman Lake via Cedar Beach Trailer Park is gone in 2012, while access to Preston Lake is lost when Landford Development buys west-coast beaches and trailer parks and builds plantation properties with a private beach together. In 2008 the city's development plan included a road system with access to Preston Lake, but this met with opposition from Preston Lake residents who wanted to protect their exclusive access. Interest and support for the purchase or acquisition of land for public access to the city's most important natural and recreational assets has evolved with the development of the city.
The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville operates an open public swimming pool until 2010 when it is closed for damage.
Art, culture and media
In 2006, the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville developed and adopted the City Culture Policy as a framework for planning and delivering cultural services. The Whitchurch-Stouffville investment in the arts has been slow, and as a result the population has not only fallen below the national average on the exposure of performing arts, museums and galleries, but the average exposure has declined from 2006 to 2010.
Arts and entertainment center
The Whitchurch-Stouffville deficit in the performing arts has been partially discussed by recent rehabilitation at the former Stouffville Town Hall (built in 1896), a redevelopment that created a multifaceted arts, cultural and entertainment center in downtown Stouffville; Lebovic Art Center & amp; Entertainment - Nineteen on the Park opened its doors to the public in May 2009.
Art gallery
The Latcham Gallery is a community art gallery founded in 1979 by a group of local and visionary artists who see the need for art facilities at Whitchurch-Stouffville. The gallery was named after Arthur Latcham, a local philanthropist who donated money for the gallery building at 6240 Main Street. The exhibition features traditional and contemporary works by local and provincial artists. The Gallery is a member of the Ontario Art Gallery Association and its operations are supported by the Whitchurch-Stouffville Town.
Since 2000, artists at Whitchurch-Stouffville have hosted the Fall Stouffville Studio Tour, featuring more than two dozen artists in eighteen places in Whitchurch-Stouffville. In 2008, the Tour was nominated for "The Premier Award for Excellence in Art."
There is also an annual exhibition held in winter by Stouffville District 12th grade art school class
Library
The Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library is located at the Whitchurch-Stouffvile Leisure Center (built in 2001), a facility shared by the Leisure Services department and the library. The population served by the library doubled between 2005 and 2013, and the circulation increased 109%. Library spending decreased from 5.1% of city operating expenses in 2004 to 3.0% in 2007, and 2.7% in 2014 budgets. By 2014, Whitchurch-Stouffville per capita library cost is $ 26, the lowest of two thirty-four Ontario cities in its population category (median $ 42). In 2010, Maclean "Third Smart City Annual Rank" shows that for residents in Whitchurch-Stouffville, "reading exposures" have declined every year from 2006 to 2010, and dropped significantly below average national. The library expansion was first projected for 2009. In June 2011, local book clubs and individuals started grassroots campaigns to petition for larger city funding for public libraries. In 2012, the City commissioned studies on the needs of library space today and in the future. The 2014 expansion design was rejected by the newly elected City Council in 2015, and the minimum space requirements for community libraries were strongly challenged.
Festivals and fairs
The Stouffville Strawberry Festival is a traditional community weekend on Canada Day weekend, which celebrates Stouffville's farm heritage.
The Markham Fair is hosted by Markham and the East York Agricultural Society, and is supported by the City of Markham and the City of Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville south Main Street is part of Markham Township before 1971). The Markham Fair dates back to 1844 and is one of the oldest and largest exhibits in Canada, hosting upwards of 80,000 visitors. The exhibition was held on the weekend before Thanksgiving. It was held at Market Markham marker, just south of the Stouffville border.
Bruce Mill Conservation Area hosts the annual Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival for four weeks in March and April.
In February the Musselman Lake community hosts the annual Winter Carnival at Cedar Beach.
The York Spring Festival in the York Area is held annually during Earth Week (April) at the York Regional Forest, Eldred King Tract, Highway 48 (just south of Vivian Road).
The tahunan Wine and Food Festival (Juni) diselenggarakan oleh Ballantrae Golf and Country Club.
In September, Stouffville organized the Weekend of Music and Peace; Peace Festival coincides with UN International Peace Day (21 September).
Museum
The idea for Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum began in 1969 as a community-oriented project by a group of local people. Once opened in 1971 in the hamlet Vandorf, this site has evolved over the years from the original museum building. The museum site includes five historic buildings from the former Whitchurch Township: Bogarttown Schoolhouse (1857), pioneer wooden cottage (circa 1850), Victorian Victorian Farmhouse built by James Brown (1857), a granary (circa 1830) and Vandorf Public School (1870 ). In 2012, the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum adds a Community Center that combines the old with the new by joining the two school buildings. New facilities include Research Room, Exhibition Gallery, Discovery Room, and two rental rooms.
Media
The city is currently served by two local community newspapers: Stouffville Free Press and Stouffville Sun-Tribune . SNAP Stouffville/Uxbridge is a print publication that specializes in photographic views of life in the community. Stouffville Linking is an online publication focusing on community contribution journalism. A community radio station, WhiStle Radio (CIWS-FM), was launched in 2008.
Movies and TV
Movies partially shot at locations in the Stouffville community include: The Russell Girl (2008), Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming (2007), Who Kills Atlanta's Children? (2000), In Ground Hostile (2000), Strike! (1998), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Bad Day on the Block (1997), Martin's Day (1984) , and The Dead Zone (1983). The television shows recorded at Stouffville include episodes of Warehouse 13 (2010), Western Wing , Degrassi: Next Generation , Nikita , Schitt's Creek (2015), and Curse of the Ax (a documentary on the Wendat-Huron village site found in Stouffville).
Movies and television shows taken at Shadow Lake Center in Whitchurch-Stouffville (Lake Musselman) include 1-8oo-Missing , Tarzan & amp; Jane , The Crossing , Run Wild Fields , Ice Men , Top Cops , The Loretta Claiborne Story , True Romance , Ready or Not , and White Dog Victim . and The Littlest Hobo (Summitview Public School).
Attractions
- Applewood Winery [1]
- Bruce Milling Conservation Area, [2] north gate to Rouge Park by lane, and Village Public Safety. [3]
- Fishing Burd Families [4]
- Stouffville Market Downtown Farmer [5] (Thursday, May-October)
- Latcham Gallery [6]
- Lionel's farm [7] (Zoo, horse farm, horse center and wagon collection)
- Magic Hill Garden [8]
- Oak Ridges Trail and York Demonstration Forest
- Narrow gauge RHLS [9]
- Ringwood Fish Culture Station [10]
- Stouffville Country Market [11] (flea market; Saturday & Sunday) closed 2016
- Timber Creek Mini Golf & amp; Family Fun Center [12]
- The Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum [13]
- Willow Springs Distillery [14]
- York-Durham Heritage Railway [15]
- Churchill Chimes Equestrian Center [16]
Famous people
- Acton, Keith - National Hockey League player and Stanley Cup winner, current local Boston Pizza franchise owner
- Bowser, John W. - Superintendent of Construction Empire State Building and Royal Ontario Museum
- Brown, Roy - Royal Air Force Officer and World War I ace flying, credited with subduing Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen)
- Cockburn, Karen - Olympic medalist (gymnast trampoline)
- Cook, Earl D. - Mainland Baseball Players (Detroit Tigers)
- Del Zotto, Michael - National Hockey League player
- Dollanganger, Nicole - Singer/Songwriter
- Harris, Mike - Olympic (curling) medalist
- Hassard, Bob - National Hockey League player and Stanley Cup winner
- MacMillan, Harvey Reginald (H.R.) - foresters, forest industrialists, wartime administrators, and philanthropists
- Marek, Jeff - Hockey Analyst for Sportsnet
- May, Brad - National Hockey League player
- Jason "Kebab Man" Parsons - Member of the Ubiquitous Synergy Search Band
- Pearce, John - Unrestrian launcher of the Olympic event
- Pierson, Sean - a professional mixed martial arts fighter
- Powe, B. W - author
- Torres, Raffi - National Hockey League player
- Underhill, Frank - Founder of the Commonwealth Federation Federation of Cooperatives (CCF); co-writer of Regina Manifesto (1933) and Officer of the Order of Canada.
- Veltman, Jim - National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame Player
- Werek, Ethan - Professional ice hockey player
Your sister city
See also
- List of churches in Whitchurch-Stouffville
- List of Whitchurch-Stouffville mayors
- List of archaeological sites at Whitchurch-Stouffville
- List of cities in Ontario
References
External links
- The official website of Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
- Ontario Plaques - Stouffville Establishment
- Ontario Plaques - Quitch Whitchurch Completion
- Whitchurch-Stouffville Chamber of Commerce
- Capital & amp; Budget Operations, Whitchurch-Stouffville City.
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