HALTON AND PEEL

The regional municipalities of Halton and Peel have been growing rapidly and require both new electoral districts and significant restructuring of the current electoral boundaries. As an indication of the scale of population growth, it should be noted that the current electoral districts of Brampton West–Mississauga and Halton have populations that are respectively 76.45 and 43.10 per cent above the provincial quotient.

PEEL

The Regional Municipality of Peel has a population of 988,948, an appropriate number for nine electoral districts having an average population of 109,883. The population of the two cities of Brampton and Mississauga is 938,353. This is too high for eight electoral districts and too low for nine. This explains why, in the Commission’s view, Caledon must be linked with the rest of the Regional Municipality of Peel.

The Commission proposes that the Town of Caledon (population 50,595) be united with the eastern portion of the City of Brampton to form BRAMPTON EAST–CALEDON.

The unassigned population in the City of Brampton is 268,601, too high for two electoral districts and too low for three. This means that the Commission must propose the creation of electoral districts that cross the municipal boundary between Brampton and Mississauga. The Commission proposes two such electoral districts: BRAMPTON WEST–MISSISSAUGA and MALTON–PEEL CENTRE. In both these cases, the southerly boundary is Highway No. 401. The Commission proposes the creation of one electoral district, BRAMPTON CENTRE, that is entirely within the City of Brampton.

In the City of Mississauga south of Highway No. 401, the Commission proposes that no changes be made to the boundaries of MISSISSAUGA EAST (population 108,459). However, because the current electoral districts of Mississauga South and Mississauga West have populations of 101,647 and 150,764 respectively, the boundaries in this area of Mississauga have to be significantly restructured. The Commission proposes the electoral districts of MISSISSAUGA–PORT CREDIT, MISSISSAUGA SOUTH, MISSISSAUGA WEST, and MISSISSAUGA CENTRE. (For details of the proposed boundaries, see the accompanying maps and legal descriptions.)

HALTON

The population of the Regional Municipality of Halton is 375,229, too high for three electoral districts and too low for four.

The current electoral district of Burlington has a population of only 101,993. However, it does not include the Aldershot section of the city. In the Commission’s view, Aldershot likely has a stronger community of interest with the rest of Burlington than with the City of Hamilton, to which it is currently attached. In any event, since the electoral district of Burlington has insufficient population, Aldershot is a natural addition. The population of the proposed electoral district of BURLINGTON is 117,093.

The current electoral district of Oakville has a population of only 104,103. The Commission proposes to extend its boundaries northward into the existing electoral district of Halton by including the territory bounded by the City of Mississauga on the west, Upper Middle Road on the south, Trafalgar Road on the west, and Dundas Street on the north. The population of the proposed electoral district of OAKVILLE is 114,035.

The population of that part of the Regional Municipality of Halton not already assigned to BURLINGTON and OAKVILLE is 144,101, which is far too high for a single electoral district. In the Commission’s view, its only alternative is to propose that a northerly portion of the region be attached to an electoral district to the north. The Commission therefore proposes that the Georgetown and Acton areas of the Town of Halton Hills be included in the electoral district of DUFFERIN–WELLINGTON–HALTON. The Commission proposes that the remaining portions of the Regional Municipality of Halton (including all of the Town of Milton) form the electoral district of HALTON, with a population of 107,911.

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