Burlington, Ontario
Burlington is a city in the Regional Municipality of Halton at the northwestern end of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada.
City of Burlington | |
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Coordinates: 43°19′N 79°48′W / 43.317°N 79.800°WCoordinates: 43°19′N 79°48′W / 43.317°N 79.800°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Halton |
Established | 1874 |
City status | 1974 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Marianne Meed Ward |
• Governing Body | Burlington City Council |
• MPs | Karina Gould (Lib), Pam Damoff (Lib), Adam van Koeverden (Lib) |
• MPPs | Jane McKenna (PC), Parm Gill (PC), Effie Triantafilopoulos (PC) |
Area | |
• Total | 185.66 km2 (71.68 sq mi) |
Elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 183,314 (Ranked 28th) |
• Density | 946.8/km2 (2,452/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Forward sortation area | |
Highways | Queen Elizabeth Way Highway 403 Highway 407 Former Highway 2 |
Website | www.burlington.ca |
Burlington lies between Lake Ontario's north shore and the Niagara Escarpment.
Media
Burlington, Ontario Media
The Brant Hotel in 1902. Located on the shore of Lake Ontario in Burlington, the hotel was erected on the former homestead of Joseph Brant, and was the largest resort in Canada. The hotel was expropriated and used as a military hospital in 1917, demolished and rebuilt in the 1930s, and then demolished in 1964.
Spencer Smith Park on Burlington's waterfront
"Royal Canadian Naval Association Naval Memorial" (1995) by André Gauthier, Spencer Smith Park