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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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Markham is a city and municipal corporation located in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1794, the city has a population of 338,503 and covers an area of 212.58 square kilometers. It is situated in the Eastern Time Zone and shares borders with Whitchurch–Stouffville, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, and Pickering. The official name of the municipality is the City of Markham.

The city is twinned with Nördlingen and Cary. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 200 meters. Markham is part of North America and falls under the administrative jurisdiction of Ontario.

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Place details

Locality: Markham
Region: Ontario
Country: Canada
Population: 338,503
Timezone: America/Toronto

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Air quality

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PM2.5: 5.9 µg/m³
PM10: 6.0 µg/m³

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Key facts

Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
Regional municipality: York Region
Settled: 1794 (Thornhill and Unionville)
Incorporated: 1872 (village) , 1971 (town) , 2012 (city)
Mayor: Frank Scarpitti
Deputy mayor: Michael Chan
Governing body: Markham City Council
Mps: List of MPs Tim Hodgson (L) Helena Jaczek (L) Melissa Lantsman (C) Michael Ma (L)
Mpps: List of MPPs Paul Calandra (PC) Logan Kanapathi (PC) Laura Smith (PC) Billy Pang (PC)
Total: 210.93 km (81.44 sq mi)
Elevation: 200 m (660 ft)
Density: 1,604.8/km (4,156/sq mi)
Demonym: Markhamite
Time zone: UTC−05:00 ( EST )
Summer dst: UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Forward sortation area: L3P to L3S, L6B to L6G
Area codes: 905, 289, 365, and 742

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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.