12 Facts About Newmarket Ontario

Newmarket Ontario was incorporated as a village in 1857 with a population of 700, with Donald Sutherland as the first reeve.

The Newmarket Ontario Canal was almost complete by the summer of 1912, when it was cancelled by the incoming government of Robert Borden.

The turning basin in downtown Newmarket Ontario was filled in and now forms the parking lot of The Old Davis Tannery Mall, on the site of the former Hill tannery.

Much of the 20th century, Newmarket Ontario developed along the east-west Davis Drive axis, limited to the area between Yonge Street on the west and between Bayview and Leslie Street in the east, and running from just north of Davis on the north to the Fairy Lake area on the south.

Since then, Newmarket Ontario has grown considerably, filling out in all directions.

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Main river in Newmarket Ontario is the East Holland River, and all other streams in the town are tributaries thereto.

Four areas of Newmarket Ontario have been selected to absorb the majority of planned population growth and accommodate mixed usages on sites well served by transit.

Newmarket Ontario has a humid continental climate, with four distinct seasons featuring cold, somewhat snowy winters and warm, humid summers.

Provincially, Newmarket is part of the riding of Newmarket—Aurora represented by Dawn Gallagher Murphy, a member of the PC Party of Ontario, and elected in 2022 general election.

Commuter rail is provided by GO Transit through the Newmarket Ontario GO Station with service south to Toronto and north to Barrie, with five trains each direction during rush hour.

Public elementary and secondary education in Newmarket Ontario is overseen by York Region's two school boards: the York Region District School Board, and the York Catholic District School Board .

Newmarket Ontario is the home of Pickering College, an independent day and boarding school, as well as a campus of Seneca College.