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Located directly north of Toronto is the town of Markham, which is one of the many towns and cities that make up the greater Toronto area. As one of the fastest growing towns in Canada, Markham is also recognized as the "high tech capital" of Canada due to the high number of high tech businesses that have made Markham their base for Canadian operations.
Presently Markham is comprised of seven different communities named Markham Village, Cornell, Unionville, Wismer Common, Stouffville, Milliken and Thornhill. With a current population of around 300,000, Markham is experiencing the same growing pains that so many other cities and towns of the Greater Toronto Area are feeling. In fact, over half of the residents of Markham were born in a foreign country.
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Markham was first settled in 1794 and was incorporated as a town in 1972. Due to its rapid rate of growth Markham is now ranked as the fourth most populous municipality in the Greater Toronto Area. While Markham has been undergoing development, the planners overseeing it have made point of preserving much of Markham's historical past by declaring "heritage streets" that preserve the ambiance of the town’s historical past.
Markham does have some major highways that pass through or near it, including but not excluded to Hwy 404 from Toronto to Newmarket, a toll highway named Hwy 407 that traverses north of Toronto and connects Markham with Brampton, Vaughan and Burlington. Markham is located close to the Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport, which is on the list of Canada's top ten airports.
* Source: Wikipedia
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