9 Beautiful and Amazing facts about Markham Ontario Canada

Facts about Markham Ontario: 1. Markham is largest of 9 municipalities in York Region with more than 350,000 population. Markham Ontario Canada is 16th municipality in Canada and 7th largest municipality in Ontario.

It covers land area of 211.53 sq. km, and geographic location is about 43° 53′ N, 79° 15′ W. Markham’s boundary is on southern side Steeles Avenue.

Westernmost boundary follows Yonge Street to Highway 7. Highway 7 forms northern boundary which is on east to Highway 404.

2. Markham is a multicultural community having over 65 languages and cultures. Municipality of Markham is most diverse in Canada, having 72.3% population which is divided in visible minority groups.

According to Statistics Canada, In 2011,average age for females 40.5 and for males was 38.6. It is one of the most Amazing facts about Markham Ontario Canada.

3. Markham is dedicated to preserve its historical heritage and natural beauty. During August 2000, City of Markham was first recipient of prize, i.e “the Prince of Wales Heritage Award”, which was honoured by local government to preserving heritage buildings bylaws and policies.

4. City of Markham is known as High-Tech Capital of Canada because its having great concentration of life science and high tech companies in Canada, having 1,100, numbers of which around Fortune 500 businesses.

Markham also hosts those companies which are engaged in distribution, manufacturing, communication, health care, pharmaceuticals, robotics, electronics, computer software and research & development.

Its home to SMTC Manufacturing Corporation, AT&T Canada, Compaq Canada Inc, Lucent Technologies, Toshiba of Canada Limited, GEAC, Hewlitt Packard, AMD, Apple Canada, Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc, including IBM Canada and Canadian industry leaders and many more.

This is the reason that Markham is also known as ” Silicon Valley of the North”.

5. Over 400 international and national corporations are located in their headquarters in City of Markham.

These corporations include Levi Strauss Inc, Allstate Insurance, Robin Hood Multi Foods Inc., A.C. Nielsen Canada, Johnson & Johnson, Office Depot, Pioneer Electronics, American Express and Mitsubishi and to name few more.

Businesses in Markham are being supported by efficient transportation system, fibre optic communication system, state-of-art facilities, highly educated labour force and pro-business environment.

6. In Markham, during 2015 The Liberal, Estee Lauder, Johnson and Johnson Inc., CGI Information Systems, The Miller Group, AMD Technologies Inc., Markham Stouffville Hospital, TD Waterhouse Inc., City of Markham and IBM Canada Ltd., are top 10 employers.

7. The Milne Dam Conservation Park on Rouge River is Markham’s natural treasure parks, having diverse plants and wildlife. It is a sanctuary park for the migratory birds.

8. One of the Markham’s best golf courses is Angus Glen Golf Club which was built in year 1995. Bell Canadian Open Championships was hosted in Markham in year 2007.

Markham’s local hospital is Markham Stouffville Hospital, it is an award-winning state-of-art facility and it is one of the best performing hospitals in Canada.

9. There are many more amazing facts about Markham Ontario Canada: it has 12 golf courses, 207 sports fields, a skate park, 4 bowling green courts, 7 bocci courts, 2 rugby fields, 2 cricket pitches, 10 indoor skating facilities, 65 tennis courts, 126 soccer fields and 81 baseball diamonds also offers recreational activities throughout many other communities.

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