. 2.3 Faculty of Communication & Design, A farm in Caledon There were 3,707 farms in the Greater Toronto Area according to the 2006 census While it was once the most dominant industry for residents in the Greater Toronto Area agriculture now occupies a small percentage of the population but still a large part of land in the surrounding four regional municipalities Census data from 2006 has shown there are 3,707 census farms in the GTA down 4.2% from 2001 and covering 274,363 hectares (677,970 acres). Almost every community in the GTA is currently experiencing a decrease in the acreage of farmland with Mississauga seeing the most significant the only communities in the GTA which are experiencing a growth in the acreage of farmland are Aurora Georgina Newmarket Oshawa Richmond Hill and Scugog with Markham experiencing neither any growth nor decline. Most of the GTA's farmland is in Durham Region with 55% of their total land area being farmland This is followed by York Region with 41% of their lands being farmland Peel Region with 34% and Halton Region with 41%. Toronto's remaining farmland is completely within Rouge Park in the Rouge Valley the average size of the farm in the GTA (74 hectares (183 acres)) is much lower than the farms in the rest of Ontario (averaging 233 acres (0.94 km2)) This has been attributed to the shift of farm types in the GTA from the traditional livestock and cash crop farms (requiring an extensive land base) towards more intensive enterprises including greenhouse floriculture nursery vegetable fruit sheep and goats The most numerous farms types in the GTA are miscellaneous specialty farms (including horse and pony sheep and lamb and other livestock specialty) followed by cattle grain and oilseed dairy and field crop farms. Although the output of dairy production has dropped with farms from within the GTA dairy has remained the most productive sector in the agricultural industry by annual gross farm receipts. Despite the decreased amount of farmland around the region farm capital value increased from $5.2 billion in 1996 to $6.1 billion in 2001 making the average farm capital value in the GTA continued to be the highest in the province Infrastructure, 2019 TBD Round of 16 Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory. Number of Farms 72,713 68,633 67,520 59,728 57,211. ! . .
Toronto waterway system, A farm in Caledon There were 3,707 farms in the Greater Toronto Area according to the 2006 census While it was once the most dominant industry for residents in the Greater Toronto Area agriculture now occupies a small percentage of the population but still a large part of land in the surrounding four regional municipalities Census data from 2006 has shown there are 3,707 census farms in the GTA down 4.2% from 2001 and covering 274,363 hectares (677,970 acres). Almost every community in the GTA is currently experiencing a decrease in the acreage of farmland with Mississauga seeing the most significant the only communities in the GTA which are experiencing a growth in the acreage of farmland are Aurora Georgina Newmarket Oshawa Richmond Hill and Scugog with Markham experiencing neither any growth nor decline. Most of the GTA's farmland is in Durham Region with 55% of their total land area being farmland This is followed by York Region with 41% of their lands being farmland Peel Region with 34% and Halton Region with 41%. Toronto's remaining farmland is completely within Rouge Park in the Rouge Valley the average size of the farm in the GTA (74 hectares (183 acres)) is much lower than the farms in the rest of Ontario (averaging 233 acres (0.94 km2)) This has been attributed to the shift of farm types in the GTA from the traditional livestock and cash crop farms (requiring an extensive land base) towards more intensive enterprises including greenhouse floriculture nursery vegetable fruit sheep and goats The most numerous farms types in the GTA are miscellaneous specialty farms (including horse and pony sheep and lamb and other livestock specialty) followed by cattle grain and oilseed dairy and field crop farms. Although the output of dairy production has dropped with farms from within the GTA dairy has remained the most productive sector in the agricultural industry by annual gross farm receipts. Despite the decreased amount of farmland around the region farm capital value increased from $5.2 billion in 1996 to $6.1 billion in 2001 making the average farm capital value in the GTA continued to be the highest in the province Infrastructure, Arena Tenure 3.1 Architecture The economy of this region is very diverse the Toronto Stock Exchange is the third largest in North America by market capitalization (after the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ) and seventh largest in the world A worker installing car batteries at Ford's Oakville Assembly the automotive industry is a major sector of the Golden Horseshoe's economy Cities including Hamilton Oshawa Oakville Whitby and Kitchener all contain major large-scale industrial production facilities Hamilton being dominated by the steel industry and Oakville and Oshawa primarily in the automotive industry Other significant automotive-production facilities also exist in Brampton and St Catharines While manufacturing remains important to the economy of the region the manufacturing sector has experienced a significant decline since 2000 as a result of unfavourable currency exchange rates increasing energy costs and reduced demand from the United States which is by far the largest market for Ontario's goods Hamilton and Toronto also have two of the largest seaports in Lake Ontario the Welland Canal system handles tanker ship and recreational traffic through the Great Lakes Large rail and truck distribution facilities are located in Toronto Vaughan and Brampton Food processing is also a key ingredient in the economy The Niagara Peninsula is Canada's largest wine growing region and a major producer of Ontario wine Niagara Falls has one of the world's largest per-capita tourist economies benefiting from millions of tourists coming to see its majestic waterfalls shop in its numerous stores and visit its many attractions the winemaking and fruit growing industries of the Niagara Peninsula produce award-winning wines which are beginning to attract attention around the world in particular the ice wine for which the region is known As of 2014 sectors such as information technology health care tourism research and finance provide the bulk of growth in the Golden Horseshoe the suburban cities within Greater Toronto such as Brampton Markham and Mississauga are emerging as hubs for technology and innovation Education. .
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