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Markham

Also known as Markham, Ontario, Markham, ON, City of Markham

city in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada

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Place details

Locality: Markham
Region: Ontario
Country: Canada
Population: 338,503
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Travel guide

Understand

Markham is host to a wide variety of technology company headquarters, which included video card maker ATI Technologies, Motorola, IBM Software Labs and Sun Microsystems (with the exact list prone to change as companies are acquired by rivals). The Town's slogans 'The Mark of Excellence' and 'Canada's High Tech Capital' are well emphasized, with a multicultural community, a variety of events and attractions, and an embracement of old town nostalgia and modern high-tech living. In 2021, its population reached almost 340,000.

See

thumb|right|Cathedral of the Transfiguration thumb|Maxwell House at the Markham Museum

Eat

Markham has a large variety of foods to choose from in a variety of price ranges. The Chinese population is especially high in this area (~40% in the last census), so if you enjoy Chinese food, this is the place to look for it.

Stay safe

Markham has a hospital: . It is located on the east end of the city, on Ninth Line just north of Highway 7.

Go next

Newmarket has its own attractive heritage Main Street.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

Markham (/ˈmɑːrkəm/) is a city in York Region, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Downtown Toronto. In the 2021 Census, Markham had a population of 338,503, which ranked it the largest in York Region, fourth largest in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and 16th largest in Canada.

The city gained its name from the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe (in office 1791–1796), who named the area after his friend, William Markham, the Archbishop of York from 1776 to 1807.