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84-397: Glenville may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Glenville, Ontario Glenville, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Glenville, Inverness County, Nova Scotia Ireland [ edit ] Glenville, County Cork United Kingdom [ edit ] Glenville, County Antrim (also known as Leamore),

168-568: A Loyalist from Vermont , had travelled the road and found an area on its western boundary immediately southwest of Newmarket very appealing. He applied for and received a grant for land totalling 40 farms, each of 200 acres (0.8 km ), and subsequently returned to Vermont to recruit families to operate those farms. By February 1802, he had set out for King Township with the first group of settlers for those forty farms. A second group followed later that month. The area would become known as Armitage , in honour of its first settler Amos Armitage. It

252-507: A 4,050 square metres (43,600 sq ft) structure on the site at a cost of about $ 15 million. It will include a public-use gymnasium. The capital project will be partially financed by selling the strip mall. As a result of the federal electoral redistribution of 2012 , starting with the 2015 federal election the township is represented in the House of Commons by the Members of Parliament of

336-550: A ban on all development on the Oak Ridges Moraine. This announcement sparked considerable opposition by the development industry which, in turn, attracted considerable media attention and public interest. A media campaign by environmental groups built on the public opposition of the developments, and the issue was transferred to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) in 2000. By May 2001, with the issue still unresolved,

420-612: A community in Panola County Glenville, New York Glenville, North Carolina Glenville, Pennsylvania Glenville, West Virginia Glenville, Cleveland , a neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio Glenville shootout , which took place there Sports [ edit ] Glenville F.C. , an association football club in Palmerstown, Dublin, Ireland Glenville, a South African association football club that played in

504-500: A geographic area of 1,900 square kilometres (730 sq mi) between Caledon and Rice Lake , near Peterborough . One of the most significant landforms in southern Ontario , the moraine gets its name from the rolling hills and river valleys extending 160 km (99 mi) east from the Niagara Escarpment to Rice Lake, formed 12,000 years ago by advancing and retreating glaciers (see geological origins , below) during

588-571: A period of slowing meltwater runoff. Channel fill sediments comprise the base of Oak Ridges Moraine sediments , atop the unconformity. Lower deposits of the Oak Ridges Moraine sediments stratigraphic package start as coarse sands and gravels whereas upper sediments are interbedded fine sands and silts with channel fill . There may also be sequences of sediments decreasing in size from medium sands to silts and clays up to ten's of metres thick. Above these sediments lie clayey-silt to silt till of

672-460: A population of 27,333 living in 8,969 of its 9,346 total private dwellings, a change of 11.5% from its 2016 population of 24,512 . With a land area of 332.12 km (128.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 82.3/km (213.2/sq mi) in 2021. Median age as of 2021 was 43.2, slightly higher than the Ontario median age of 41.6. In 2021, Visible minorities represented 22.6% of

756-499: A relatively short period of time, perhaps no more than a few hundred years, as indicated by the annual deposition cycles in glacial lakes (known as varves ) within the moraine sediments. However, the lowest beds in the moraine may have experienced synchronous sedimentation. In the area of the Oak Ridges Moraine, glacially derived sediments, mainly of Pleistocene age, may overlie a regional unconformity and lower Newmarket till, up to 200 metres thick in some places. Extensive research in

840-456: A robust and resilient environment across the ORM landscape. These objectives include; undertaking science-based research; providing opportunities for recreation; taking action for the protection and restoration of the ORM and; providing expert advice for environmental planning and policy matters. Local concerns for preserving wildlife habitat on the moraine have increased in recent years. In April 2000,

924-658: A second portion is used to finance regional projects managed by York Region, and the last portion is used for local services. The most significant cultural service provided via municipal funding is the King Township Public Library , which operates four branches in the township. Waste management is provided through the region, and is co-ordinated with programs offered in other towns in York Region. Weekly green bin compost collection began in September 2007 to complement

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1008-463: A shortage in servicing capacity, what often appears as "new" development in Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Whitchurch-Stouffville and King Township on the moraine is in the majority of cases development which has had approval for many years. The greatest threat to the function of the moraine is land development on and below its surface, particularly in the headwaters. The estimated current population on

1092-399: A source of potable water for numerous communities, both federal and provincial governments have invested resources towards research on the moraine. The Geological Survey of Canada and Ontario Geological Survey both investigate hydro stratigraphy and hydrology throughout the moraine. Palaeo-Indian hunter-gatherers were in this area between 11,000 - 9,500 BP. The oldest artifact found in what

1176-638: A townland in the civil parish of Layd , County Antrim, Northern Ireland United States [ edit ] Glenville, Alabama Glenville (Eutaw, Alabama) a house on the National Register of Historic Places in Eutaw, Alabama Glenville, Arkansas , a place in Nevada County Glenville, California, former name of Glennville, California Glenville, Connecticut Glenville, Delaware Glenville, Minnesota Glenville, Mississippi ,

1260-440: Is a coalition of nine Conservation Authorities with watersheds on the Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM). The Coalition formed in 2000 two years prior to the ORM conservation Plan, in response to the need for a comprehensive policy, planning and management approach geared to sustaining the health of the entire ORM. The CAMC is a partnership organization. It collaborates with numerous groups and individuals to achieve common objectives to support

1344-400: Is accessible by Highways 400 , 27 , 9 and 11. Public transportation is provided by York Region Transit (bus service) and GO Transit (bus and train services), but their services are limited in the township due to low population density. King City GO Station is the only train station in the township. York Region Transit's services are confined to the southeastern area, and GO bus serves

1428-584: Is now Richmond Hill, Ontario, from these people, was a stone scraper about 40 mm long, at the Mortson Site, near Leslie Street and 19th Avenue. Other artifacts were found in a settlement site on the eastern shore of Lake Wilcox. Late Archaic artifacts c. 3800 BP have also been found at the Silver Stream site, near the headwaters of the Rouge River on Leslie Street, just north of Major Mackenzie Drive, and at

1512-507: Is representative of the unequal effects of regional erosion, uplift, sedimentary deposition and continental processes (tectonics, building and destroying of continents). Rocks from the Grenville Province of Precambrian age lie below Ordovician aged limestones and shales in much of the Oak Ridges Moraine area. These come from a period of continental scale orogeny in eastern North America about 1.2 to 1.3 billion years ago. This area of

1596-481: Is silt with some clay content, as layers of 2 to 20 metres (6.6 to 65.6 ft) thick in places. Glacial sediments are subject to erosional forces and valley cutting processes, removing previously laid sediments and placing them further along the river path. At the Oak Ridges Moraine system, rocks from the Ordovician Period underlie the post-glacial sediment and are a large part of the bedrock geology, aside from

1680-488: Is some evidence of a large Huron encampment at Hackett Lake. Residents in the area in the 1950s and 1960s discovered arrowheads and other archaeological items indicating a Huron presence. This is consistent with the fact that the Toronto Carrying-Place Trail , a major route used in the 17th and 18th centuries, passes through the township. The route was used by explorer Étienne Brûlé , who first travelled along

1764-401: Is the transition of deposition layers from glaciofluvial to glaciolacustrine . Sedimentary glaciofluvial areas form the core of the Oak Ridges Moraine, though restricted to subglacial cavity fills of confined subaqueous fans . Overlaying this core is a glaciolacustrine sedimentary layer that is younger and topographically lower, principally in the delta and basin areas of the moraine. In

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1848-421: Is the water source for many headwaters streams flowing south into rivers that drain into Lake Ontario and north into rivers that drain into Lake Scugog and Lake Simcoe . Varied landforms on the moraine, such as woodlands , wetlands , watercourses , kettle lakes and bogs , have provided an environment suitable for significant flora and fauna communities to develop and thrive. The moraine contains one of

1932-475: The Canada Company after its establishment in 1826. By 1842, the township consisted of 53,240 acres (215 km ) of land, of which 13,818 acres (56 km ) had been cleared and was being cultivated. The principal villages at the time were Lloydtown, Brownsville (now Schomberg), Bogarttown (now a part of Newmarket), and Tyrwhitt's Mills (now Kettleby). In 1851, the township annexed from West Gwillimbury

2016-485: The Federation Professional League See also [ edit ] Glenville School (disambiguation) Glennville (disambiguation) Glenvil, Nebraska Glenvil Township, Clay County, Nebraska Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Glenville . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

2100-462: The Halton Till , at thicknesses reaching 20 metres (66 ft). The Halton Till is not present over the entire expanse of the moraine, cropping out locally and interspersed. Glacial lake sediments cap the entire sequence of Oak Ridges Moraine sediment stratigraphy in the region, namely from two glacial lakes, Lake Algonquin and Lake Iroquois . The main depositional ingredient from these lakes

2184-730: The Home Department in the Portland administration when Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool was Secretary of State. The township was created as part of the subdivision of York County , itself a subdivision of the Home District . The lands were originally acquired by the British in an agreement with the Mississaugas , known as the Toronto Purchase ; it was enacted in British parliament as

2268-761: The King—Vaughan and York—Simcoe electoral districts. The portion of King north of Highway 9 is part of the York—Simcoe electoral district, represented by Scot Davidson of the Conservative Party of Canada. The remaining areas are part of the King—Vaughan electoral district represented by Anna Roberts of the Conservative Party of Canada . Previously, King was part of the Oak Ridges—Markham , created for

2352-511: The Newmarket Till of stony, silty sand and sandy-silt diamicton ranging from 5 to 50 metres (16 to 164 ft) thick and is thought to extend southward under Lake Ontario. Cutting into the Newmarket Till is another regional unconformity, which led to coarse grained channel fill sediments. Some channel fills are 10 to 25 metres of gravels or 10-to-75-metre (33 to 246 ft) sands that decrease in grain size during later deposition following

2436-557: The Oak Ridges Moraine are the most prominent visible geographical feature of King. The Holland Marsh , considered to be Ontario's "vegetable basket", straddles King Township and Bradford West Gwillimbury . King is known for its horse and cattle farms. Though King is predominantly rural, most of its residents inhabit the communities of King City , Nobleton , and Schomberg . Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe named King Township for John King (1759–1830), an English Under-Secretary of State for Home Office from 1794 to 1801 for

2520-649: The Oak Ridges—Markham electoral district from 2007 to 2018, the Vaughan—King—Aurora electoral district from 1999 to 2007, York—MacKenzie from 1995 to 1999, and York North from Confederation to 1995. The portion of King north of Highway 9 is part of the York—Simcoe electoral district, represented by Caroline Mulroney of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , King had

2604-536: The York Catholic District School Board . The only public secondary school in King, King City Secondary School , serves students residing in a relatively large geographic area, including some from adjacent towns. A private Catholic high school, St. Thomas of Villanova College , and private JK -12 school, The Country Day School , are also located in the township. Seneca College owns a campus located in

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2688-455: The moraine is currently under dispute; environmental groups such as the Sierra Club maintain the area's delicate ecosystems are threatened by development pressures. Attractive forests and hilly relief typical of the moraine are a magnet for developers looking for building opportunities in the densely populated Greater Toronto Area . However, many planners and residents see a need to preserve

2772-473: The 2004 election because of rapid growth in York Region, and before that in the Vaughan—King—Aurora electoral district. The provincial riding of King—Vaughan is represented by Stephen Lecce , a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario . It was created as part of Ontario's re-districting to match provincial electoral districts with their federal equivalents. King was part of

2856-693: The Esox site, on the eastern shore of Lake Wilcox. Although preservation of the moraine was first suggested in the 1940s, it was not until 1991 that the issue achieved prominence in political discourse. Part of the reason for its entry into political discourse, was due to the formation, in 1989, of the Save the Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM) Coalition. The Government of Ontario created the Oak Ridges Moraine Technical Working Committee in June 1991, with

2940-575: The Grenville Province is mainly composed of metamorphosed gneiss and mylonite , while also including intrusions of granitic composition as well. Both the metamorphic and igneous rocks are able to better withstand erosional forces from the advancing ice sheets compared to some softer rock types. Softer metamorphic rocks of the Precambrian basement include marbles or meta turbidites , both from sedimentary origin. The ecologically diverse moraine

3024-554: The King City Plaza, a strip mall purchased by the municipal government in the 1990s which also has several business tenants. In 2013, the township purchased the disused former Holy Name Catholic Elementary School building and adjacent 10 acres (40,000 m ) of land from the York Catholic District School Board for $ 2.95 million. In 2016, township planning staff announced that the 360 square metres (3,900 sq ft) school building would be redesigned for use as office space for

3108-694: The Late Ordovician to Early Silurian time. Large gaps in deposition from the Early Silurian through Mesozoic time allowed large scale erosion to occur in this geographic region, to the onset of Quaternary glaciation and subsequent sediment deposition. A 1997 report from the Geological Survey of Canada estimates the bedrock thickness to range between 50 and 500 metres (160 and 1,640 ft) thick, below approximately 200 metres (660 ft) of Pleistocene aged sediments. This broad range of thickness

3192-513: The Middle Ordovician brought in a second sequence of deposition as clastic and carbonate sediments above this new unconformity. A third depositional sequence is found in the Late Ordovician, separated from the Middle Ordovician by local erosion and clastic sediments, consists of a shale base topped with more shale interbedded with limestone and calcareous siltstones . Above this is yet another unconformity, this time due to sea regression in

3276-605: The Nobleton and King City communities. Most air travel is served by Toronto Pearson International Airport , Canada's largest airport, located south of the township in Mississauga . The township's only airport, King City Airport , was a general aviation airfield that closed in the 1990s. Public schools with classes from kindergarten through grade twelve are administered by the York Region District School Board and

3360-635: The Oak Ridges Moraine in Richmond Hill and Uxbridge . The exchange settled outstanding disputes being considered by the OMB involving moraine lands in Richmond Hill and Uxbridge. Despite all these efforts, including the government's creation of a permanently protected Greenbelt , the political struggle regarding the moraine continues. Unless approved prior to the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act coming into force in 2001 or through orders of

3444-552: The Ontario Municipal Board to the contrary, development on the Oak Ridges Moraine is restricted to the Settlement Area. Smaller-scale development which improves the ecological integrity of the moraine is permitted in other areas (i.e., tree farm), but is otherwise restricted. Given that the land-subdivision process is lengthy and that Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Whitchurch-Stouffville and King Township are experiencing

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3528-575: The Rice Lake wedge . Near the Rice Lake wedge and Peterborough drumlin field are a couple of low-lying terrain plains and small hills on bedrock basement. The Oak Ridges Moraine probably formed in the Late Wisconsin glacial period. Ice melt from the Niagara Escarpment flowed into the western boundaries of the moraine, wherein conduits beneath the ice expanded to form a west-to-east passage between

3612-707: The Toronto Purchase Act in 1787. Acquisition of the lands for the townships of Etobicoke , King, Vaughan , and York, Upper Canada was completed at a meeting between the Mississaugas and the British at the Credit River on 1 August 1805, where 250,808 acres (1,014.98 km ) were exchanged for £ 1,700. Simcoe planned Yonge Street , which was built between 1793 and 1796 by the Queen's Rangers . The first seven land patents were issued in 1797. By 1801, Timothy Rogers,

3696-478: The Uxbridge wedge, generally rising from east to west, a result of the moraine's west-to-east formation. That is, the western portion of the moraine received earlier and more frequent sedimentary deposition than the eastern portion, as the ice lobes which controlled the moraine's eastern formation slowly retreated. The Rice Lake wedge is separated from the other wedges where the Oak Ridges Moraine intersects Rice Lake. As

3780-531: The aim of creating a regional planning strategy for the moraine. The plan was completed in 1994, but was subsequently dismissed in favour of local government administration of the affected lands. This led to intense development on some portions of the moraine. In early 1999, developers targeted Richmond Hill for large subdivisions on the moraine which would house over 100,000 people. On July 20, 1999, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Gilchrist announced, on "Rouge Park Day", that he would be implementing

3864-560: The aquifer entirely (see research section). The Oak Ridges Moraine is a pair of large ridges composed of four elevated wedges. It is bounded to the west by the Niagara Escarpment, a cuesta which was critical to the formation of the moraine, and to the east by the Trent River and Rice Lake. The four wedges ( Albion , Uxbridge , Pontypool and Rice Lake from west to east) formed in stages, though some synchronous formation also occurred at an early period of formation. The moraine peaks at

3948-449: The connected systems. A specific concern is urbanization, which affects water quality by increasing its load of metals and organic contaminants. A study by Cook et al. (1985) found an increase in mean annual runoff , instantaneous discharge, and hydrograph peak flow as a result of urbanization: "...changes in land use coincided with changes in volumetric and time distribution aspects of hydrologic response". In 1829, John Bigsby conducted

4032-611: The construction of Canada's Wonderland , which is actually located in the City of Vaughan , several kilometres south of the Township of King's southern boundary, The township's boundaries are The majority of King is located on the Oak Ridges Moraine, which is the origin for the headwaters of many rivers throughout its extent, including the Humber River in King. Numerous interconnected provincially and regionally significant areas are located in

4116-403: The first investigation of the moraine. He noted the elevation, and styled the area Oak Ridge , identifying the portion of moraine north of Toronto . The moraine's extent was not established until 1863 when William Logan conducted the Geological Survey of Canada . Taylor formally defined the landform as the Oak Ridges Moraine in 1913. He described its extent to be from King and Maple in

4200-627: The formation of the Regional Municipality of York and dissolution of York County , the township's boundaries were changed, shifting west by one concession from Yonge Street to Bathurst Street , and north by one lot from the King-Vaughan town line. In 2017, the township lent its name to the Barenaked Ladies song "Township of King", written by band member Kevin Hearn . The lyrics allude to

4284-766: The land mass of the moraine and only those development projects which had already received zoning and planning approval were allowed to be completed. During the provincial election of 2003, the Liberal Party of Ontario promised to terminate development on the moraine as part of their election campaign. The government, in its attempt to halt developments, proposed the North Pickering Land Exchange. This involved exchanging government-owned public lands in North Pickering (the Seaton lands) for privately owned lands on

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4368-462: The last glaciation period. Below the approximately 200 metre thick glacial derived sediments of the moraine lies thick bedrock successions of Precambrian rocks and up to 200 metres of Ordovician aged rock (see geology below), capped by a regional unconformity of erosion and non-deposition to the Quaternary period. Rivers and lakes scatter the landscape and are important for creating habitat for

4452-677: The last large contiguous forested spans in southern Ontario. Some of the wide variety of plant and animal species found in the moraine are species at risk in Canada and Ontario, including the West Virginia white butterfly , Jefferson salamander , and red-shouldered hawk . Unique ecosystems in the moraine include wetlands similar to those of boreal forests in Northern Ontario, and remnants of tallgrass prairie and oak-pine savanna that are globally threatened ecosystems. A representative portion of

4536-472: The late stages of its development, random unstratified accumulation (known as diamicton ) occurred along the ice margins. Whereas the glacial river deposits were more substantial by volume, the diamicton deposits represent a greater portion of the moraine's exposed surface. Research suggests that sedimentation occurred in a west to east sequence along the four main sedimentary wedges: Albion , Uxbridge , Pontytool and Rice Lake . The wedges may have formed in

4620-429: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glenville&oldid=1242279149 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Glenville, Ontario The rolling hills of

4704-516: The lithostratigraphic and geographical record. Cause of this stratigraphic gap may originate from a couple large scale meltwater events, the older Algonquin and younger Ontarian erosional floods from melting glaciers of the Late Wisconsinan glaciation. Basement layers are composed of Early Ordovician aged dolostone as a first sequence only to be stripped away by erosion in the Middle Ordovician. Sea transgression during continent reformation in

4788-574: The main Laurentide Ice Sheet and a mass of ice in the Lake Ontario basin. Stratified sediment was deposited rapidly on the high-relief erosional surface. Up to 150 metres (490 ft) in some areas, the deposits occurred on surfaces defined by highly eroded channels and drumlin uplands. The channel tunnels were primarily created by the erosion from glacial rivers, a typical process before moraine formation. Characteristic of this moraine

4872-417: The mayor and six councillors representing the township's six wards. The mayor is also a member of York Regional Council via double direct election . Source: Mayor : Steve Pellegrini Councillors : In the 2014 municipal election, the mayorship was uncontested and Steve Pellegrini was acclaimed for a second term. Cleve Mortelliti was acclaimed for Ward 1 owing to no opposing candidates. Candidates for

4956-474: The moraine area indicate there may be 6 different periods of sedimentation from the onset of glaciation. There are lower deposits of sand, silt and clay, which rest directly above the regional time unconformity up to 100 metres (330 ft) thick in some areas. These lower deposits are thought to be proglacial lake derived, and contain from bottom to top: York Till, Don Interglacial beds, Scarborough Formation, Sunnybrook Till and Thorncliffe Formation. Next comes

5040-537: The moraine from the negative aspects of urban sprawl . Moreover, because it is a rich resource for sand and gravel, it has become a significant source of materials for the aggregate industry of the Greater Toronto Area. Fisher and Alexander in the early 1990s described a "metropolitan" invasion of the Oak Ridges Moraine, in response to which organizations such as Save the Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM) were formed. Conservation Authorities Moraine Coalition (CAMC)

5124-468: The moraine is a local topographic high, streams originating in the lower Oak Ridges Moraine sediment packages, by groundwater movement, either flow south into Lake Ontario or north toward Lake Simcoe or Georgian Bay through large river valleys carved during melting of glaciers. To the north are drumlinized uplands, referred to as the Peterborough drumlin field, which may continue south of Rice Lake and

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5208-413: The moraine is thus an important step for keeping aquifers in a safe drinkable condition while also protecting the natural ecosystems surrounding and within the moraine (see conservation ). This region has been subject to multiple decades of scientific research to study the origins of formation, and how early communities used the land. A larger focus currently is how to source potable water without removing

5292-624: The moraine land itself is roughly 200,000 but this number continues to grow at a frantic pace, with large urban developments occurring in Stouffville , Vaughan , Richmond Hill , and Aurora . This rapid development is especially apparent in Oak Ridges, where land previously set aside for conservation has, as of 2009, been opened up by the Richmond Hill Town Council for development. Another five million people live in close proximity. Use of

5376-599: The moraine may be found in the Happy Valley Forests , in York Region , north of Toronto . A number of features comprise the hydrological system of the Oak Ridges Moraine: This hydrological system is inter-twined with a regional flow systems not bound by the morphological limits of the moraine. For this reason, environmentalists and researchers promote an aggressive protection strategy extending beyond

5460-415: The moraine or nearby areas must satisfy several conditions, most prominently that each development leave a buffer zone of 30 metres (98 ft) between it and any hydrological feature; for a kettle lake, this measure is from the edge of the lake's catchment area. The Oak Ridges Moraine's hydrological system is a major constituent of the Humber Watershed , so that any factors affecting the moraine may affect

5544-400: The moraine were deposited in an esker (Brennand and Shaw, 1994); and that the moraine is not continuous, but is composed of multiple depositional environments : subglacial, ice-marginal and proglacial lacustrine (Barnett et al., 1998). Current research efforts on the moraine are quite extensive. Because of the political implications of development on the moraine, and because its aquifers are

5628-529: The moraine, thus ensuring a contiguously protected hydrological system. Preservation of aquifers under the moraine is especially important, since they are used as a primary water source by some municipalities located on or near the moraine. These aquifers also discharge into tributaries that are the headwaters of approximately 65 creeks and rivers which eventually flow into Lake Simcoe, Lake Scugog and Lake Ontario or Georgian Bay. The Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act stipulates that any development which targets

5712-686: The other wards were: The elected candidates were Steve Pelligrini (acclaimed, mayor), Cleve Mortelliti (acclaimed, ward 1), David Boyd (ward 2), Linda Pabst (ward 3), Bill Cober (ward 4), Debbie Schaeffer (ward 5), and Avia Eek (ward 6). The township draws revenues from various sources. The most significant in 2007 were municipal taxes (67.9% of revenue), fees and service charges (14.0%), water charges (4.3%), grants (3.5%) and reserves (2.9%). The most significant expenditures for 2007 were general municipal government (27.6%), recreation and culture (21.7%), transportation (17.8%), protection (16.6%) and environmental projects (11.6%). The Township offices reside at

5796-413: The population. Italian Canadians make up 35.1% of the population, the largest concentration of any Canadian census subdivision . According to 2021 census data, English is the mother tongue of 67.5% of the residents of King. Italian is the most predominant mother tongue for 8.6% of the population, followed by Russian (2.6%), Mandarin (2.0%). As of 2021, most reported religion among the population

5880-445: The portion of land north of its extant and east of the Holland River as a result of the formation of Simcoe County . Approximately 86,840 acres (351 km ) of land were administered by the township in 1878, according to the Historical Atlas of York County , but by 1973 this had been reduced to 82,000; some of its land has been ceded to what are now known as Newmarket , Aurora and Oak Ridges . The first survey of King Township

5964-494: The presence of some older basement rock beneath. From the basement rocks to the overlying stratigraphic successions is an unconformity (a gap in the geologic record) where many millions of years of depositional or crystalline record are erased (mostly Silurian to Pleistocene rocks) by regional erosion processes and continent building phases. A large time gap is important in this context to correlate where and when this event occurred with respect to both local and surrounding geology of

6048-591: The provincial Conservative government announced a six-month moratorium on moraine development. A panel was formed to create a land-use plan consistent with the current "smart growth" policy. The plan was released in October 2001, and became the basis for Bill 122, the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001 , which divided the moraine into four zones with increasingly stringent controls on development in each. The Act prevented development of over 92% of

6132-456: The rich diversity of species of animals, trees and shrubbery (see ecology ). These are also the supply of fresh water to aquifers in the moraine through complex subterranean connections (see hydrology ). Construction development nearby, and with expansion of communities around the moraine in need of potable water, it is a contested site in Ontario, since it stands in the path of major urban development (see political action ). Conservation of

6216-463: The southeastern portion of King Township, where the college offers various programs. King's earliest settlement, Armitage, is now part of Newmarket. Its establishment was followed by those of Lloydtown and Kettleby. Subsequent settlements were founded near rivers, which provided the energy necessary to operate various mills. The earliest were based in Laskay , Kinghorn, and Eversley. The hamlet of Springhill

6300-549: The township's population had increased sevenfold, to 160. It wasn't until 1820, with the construction of roads into the township, that its population began to grow. By 1842, the population of 2,625 residents was principally Irish, and also included those of English, Scottish, Canadian, and American descent. Further surveys were conducted in 1836–1838 by Callighan, in 1852 by John Ryan, and completed in 1859 by Whelock. The townships population grew to 5574 in 1850, and nearly 8000 in 1875, after which it declined to 4588 in 1914. There

6384-604: The township, for community and non-profit groups, and to house a satellite office for the York Regional Police . In May 2016, the Police Services Board approved the King City substation and announced that a 20-year lease would be executed for use of about 280 square metres (3,000 sq ft) of space in the building. In June 2016, township staff announced the building would be destroyed in mid-2016 and replaced by

6468-554: The township. The most prominent are seven Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest , and the wetland complexes adjacent to or within those areas. Slightly removed from the UHI of Toronto, the climate is warm-summer humid continental ( Köppen : Dfb ). King Township was incorporated in 1850 as The Corporation of the Township of King . Its current mayor is Steve Pelligrini, who was sworn into office in December 2010. The Town Council includes

6552-510: The trail with twelve Huron guides in 1615. Early settlements in the area developed primarily around gristmills and sawmills . These were important economic engines in the region during the 19th century, which resulted in the establishment of other communities and businesses nearby. By 1842, there were eight grist mills and 12 saw mills in King. Some settlements have since been abandoned, or are no longer communities per se, including Bell's Lake , Davis Corners , and King Ridge . In 1971, with

6636-538: The weekly blue box collection of recyclable material; collection of all other waste was reduced to once every two weeks. Water and wastewater management is operated by the township, though these services are not available ubiquitously; some areas rely on well water and septic tanks. Oak Ridges Moraine The Oak Ridges Moraine is an ecologically important geological landform in the Mixedwood Plains of south-central Ontario , Canada . The moraine covers

6720-617: The west to the Trent River in the east. He also proposed that its origin was overlapping, interlobate glaciation retreat, between the Lake Ontario Lobe and the older Lake Simcoe Lobe . This has become the accepted explanation for the moraine's development, though research in the 1970s suggested the moraine may not be interlobate. Research conducted in the 1990s revealed that the moraine has multiple origins: its eastern area has subglacial depositions (Gorrell and McCrae, 1993); early parts of

6804-399: Was Christianity (69.3%), with Catholicism (47.0%) making up the largest denomination. This was followed by Islam (3.6%), Judaism (1.6%), Hinduism (1.6%), Sikhism (1.4%) and Buddhism (0.8%). 21.2% of the population did not identify with a particular religion. The Township of King is located between Toronto and Barrie , stretching from Bathurst Street to just east of Highway 50 . King

6888-507: Was conducted in 1800 by Hessian soldier Johann Stegmann. At the time, the area's population was twenty residents. According to a letter by Benjamin Cody to the Newmarket Era published on 7 May 1892, there were church records listing births in the area, and the first white child in King may have been Sarah Rogers, born April 1800. At least four children were born in King by July 1802. By 1809,

6972-418: Was established later and flourished; it was renamed King City, now the largest community in the township. Other hamlets in King include Holly Park , Linton , and New Scotland . In the township, there are eleven sites designated Heritage Sites , including: The township's municipal tax revenue is divided into three streams. One portion is combined with that from other municipalities for education purposes,

7056-483: Was the first of King's settlements, and now part of Newmarket. Soon after the establishment of Armitage, the communities of Kettleby and Lloydtown were established to the west. More settlers arrived from New York , Pennsylvania , and other Loyalist enclaves over the subsequent years to populate the region, drawn by the abundant, fertile land being apportioned relatively cheaply to newcomers. A "considerable area of land...in different concessions" of King were patented to

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