Riding: York-Simcoe
About The Riding
The riding is part cottage country that is more and more becoming commuter country.
Along the Holland River is the vegetable-growing area of the Holland Marsh.
The rapidly-growing area has a relatively high median family income and a high degree of home ownership. York stretches from Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe. It includes the towns of East Gwillimbury and Georgina; that part of the Township of King lying north of Highway 9; and in Lake Simcoe, Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation Indian Reserve.
Georgina (42,346--2006 Census) is a town but operates as a township, in which dispersed communities share a common administrative council. It has commuters who like the beach and there are a lot of retirees.
East Gwillimbury is half the size of Georgina and on the East Holland River. The river from where it empties into Cook’s Bay, Lake Simcoe, to just north of Toronto has a marsh that has been mostly drained and produces all market vegetables.
From the County of Simcoe the riding has the towns of Innisfil (31,175—2006) with a lot of single-family homes and commuters; and Bradford-West Gwillimbury (24,039-2006) is very involved with the marsh and farming and has a large market.
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York-Simcoe By The Numbers
Population: 128,703
Riding size (km²): 1,078.1
Density (per km²): 119.4
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