Pickering

Also known as Pickering, Ontario, Pickering, ON

city in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada

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Place details

Locality: Pickering
Region: Ontario
Country: Canada
Population: 91,771
Timezone: America/Toronto

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Key facts

Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
Region: Durham ( York County 1811–1852 and Ontario County 1852–1974)
Established: 1811 (township), 1974 (town), 2000 (city)
Mayor: Kevin Ashe
Governing body: Pickering City Council
Mp: Juanita Nathan ( Pickering—Uxbridge )
Mpp: Peter Bethlenfalvy ( Pickering—Uxbridge )
Total: 231.59 km (89.42 sq mi)
Elevation: 83.8 m (275 ft)
Density: 383.1/km (992/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
Summer dst: UTC−4 (Eastern (EDT))
Forward sortation area: L1V to L1Y
Area codes: 905, 289, 365, and 742
Highways: Highway 401 / Highway 407 Highway 7
Website: pickering.ca

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Wikidata facts

Population: 91771
Area: 231.59
Elevation: 217
Official website: www.pickering.ca
Image: Nautical Village by Lake Ontario and Frenchman's Bay, Pickering.jpg

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Commons category: Pickering, Ontario
postal code: 33400–33499
inception: 1811-00-00
P12749: Vosges

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Pickering (2021 population 99,186) is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada, immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region. It is named after the town of Pickering, in North Yorkshire.

Beginning in the 1770s, the area was settled by primarily British colonists. An increase in population occurred after the American Revolutionary War, when the Crown resettled Loyalists and encouraged new immigration. Many of the smaller rural communities have been preserved and function as provincially significant historic sites and museums. The city also includes the Pickering Casino Resort, a multi-billion-dollar casino complex.