| Durham Region covers an area of over
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| | The average price of a house was in the
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| 2,500 square kilometres and is
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| | region of $215,000 making Ajax one of the
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| conveniently located to the East of
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| | cheaper areas in the GTA. Transport is
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| Downtown Toronto. Another Region with a
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| | provided by the Ajax/Pickering Transit
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| diverse landscape, Durham has everything
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| | that also links in with GO Transit and
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| from the large lakeshore communities of
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| | the Greyhound Bus.There are two
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| Pickering and Oshawa to the farmlands and
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| | recreation centres in the Town that offer
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| recreational areas in the north. Durham
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| | a full range of activities and sports.
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| Region has a well educated population of
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| | There are skateboard parks for the kids
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| over 570,000 that are employed by a wide
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| | as well as summer camps for various
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| variety of Businesses. These employers
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| | activities during the school holidays.
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| range from the High Tech like Siemens and
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| | The Lake provides great recreation for
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| Corning controls through agriculture and
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| | the residents during both the summer and
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| automotive manufacturing - GM Motors,
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| | winter months. All education and
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| Volkswagen Canada and BMW Canada all have
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| | healthcare are administered by the Durham
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| facilities in the Region.Durham Region
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| | Region and can be accessed via the Region
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| administers its Healthcare and Education
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| | website.The Municipality of Clarington -
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| following the Provincial guidelines. The
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| | A collection of several smaller
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| responsibility for the day to day
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| | communities, the municipality now has
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| operations of the education belongs to
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| | around 75,000 residents and occupies just
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| the Durham District School Board and the
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| | over 600 square Kilometres of the Lake
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| Durham Catholic District School Board -
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| | Ontario shoreline in the south of Durham
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| all the schools in the area are governed
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| | Region. The main settlements are
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| by these boards.One essential piece of
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| | Darlington, Newcastle and Bowmanville
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| research you need to do BEFORE you
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| | Courtice. The area is growing quickly
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| purchase/rent a house is to find the
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| | with a 10 year population growth average
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| school(s) you want your child(ren) to
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| | of 4% per year.The main businesses are
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| attend. This is vital as the schools are
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| | agriculture (and the services), aggregate
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| dedicated to particular residential
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| | excavation and cement works, tourism,
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| area's so where you live decides where
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| | manufacturing, retail and construction.
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| they go to school.The Region has
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| | There is an average unemployment rate of
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| excellent transportation links including
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| | only 4.9% as the area is very business
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| Pearson International airport, Oshawa
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| | friendly, with the average household
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| airport and the Harbour at Oshawa which
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| | income around $74,000. There are great
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| give tremendous access to North America.
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| | transportation links with 3 major
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| This is coupled with easy access to
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| | highways, docks, rail links, a regional
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| recreational opportunities in the
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| | airport with 2 runways and of course -
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| outdoors and everything that a Major
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| | Pearson International. The Clarington
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| metropolitan area like the GTA has to
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| | Transit connects with Whitby and Oshawa
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| offer!Each section below is only an
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| | Transit and you can even use the same
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| overview so please use the links to the
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| | tickets on each system.There are good
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| main website below for more detail. For
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| | facilities with a modern hospital that
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| job research definitely use the Chamber
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| | continues to expand, plenty of schools
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| of Commerce websites for each location
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| | and the newly built University of Ontario
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| for great information on the local
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| | Institute of Technology. There are 5 golf
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| businesses.Durham's MunicipalitiesThe
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| | courses, 2 marina's, 2 indoor and 2
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| Town Of Ajax - In 2005 Ajax will
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| | outdoor swimming pools, 5 arena's with 7
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| celebrate its 50th anniversary as a town
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| | ice surfaces, extensive parks and 7
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| and has many events planned to recognise
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| | conservation areas that have downhill and
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| this. A small town in the South of Durham
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| | cross country skiing. Last but not least
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| Region on the shore of Lake Ontario, it
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| | - Bowmanville even has its own Zoo!The
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| was named after the World War two British
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| | City Of Pickering - Ideally situated
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| Warship The Ajax.With a population in
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| | between Downtown Toronto to the West and
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| excess of 80,000 the Town covers an area
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| | Port Whitby Marina to the East, the
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| of over 65 square km. The unemployment
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| | 94,200 population of the City of
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| rate was 5.4% (2001) with an average
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| | Pickering enjoy life on the shores of
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| family income of around $80,000 a year.
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| | Lake Ontario.
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