page_title: Regional Municipality of Peel
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Regional Municipality of Peel / History
caption_attribution_description: English: PAMA building
context_page_description: The Regional Municipality of Peel is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. It consists of three municipalities to the west and northwest of Toronto: the cities of Brampton and Mississauga, and the town of Caledon, each of which spans its full east-west width. The entire region is part of the Greater Toronto Area and the inner ring of Golden Horseshoe. The regional seat is in Brampton.
  With a population of 1,381,739, its growth can be credited largely to immigration and its transportation infrastructure: seven 400-series highways serve the region, and Toronto Pearson International Airport is located within its boundaries.
  Mississauga occupies the southernmost portion of the region, and is, with 713,443 residents, the largest in population. It reaches from Lake Ontario north to near Highway 407. In the centre is Brampton, a city of 523,911. Finally up north, by far the largest in area and the most sparsely populated part of the region is Caledon, which is home to 59,460 residents.
context_section_description: The area was first settled in the early 1800s after being divided into townships in 1805; some of the townships came into existence later (to 1819). County of Peel was formed in 1851. It was named after Sir Robert Peel, the nineteenth-century Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  The townships that would eventually constitute Peel were initially part of York County in the Home District, and were designated as the West Riding of York in 1845.
  In 1867, Peel officially separated from York County. Peel county was dissolved in 1974.
  Brampton was virtually a village in 1834. The only building of consequence at the corner of Main (a renamed section of the historic Hurontario Street running between Port Credit and Collingwood) and Queen Streets, the recognized centre of Brampton, was William Buffy's tavern.  In fact, at the time, the area was referred to as "Buffy's Corners".  All real business in Chinguacousy Township took place one mile distant at Martin Salisbury's tavern.  By 1834, John Elliott laid out the area in lots for sale, and applied the name "Brampton" to the area, which was soon adopted by others.
  The Region of Peel was created by the government of Bill Davis in 1974 from the former Peel County, and was legislated to provide community services to the (then) rapidly urbanizing area of south Peel County (now Mississauga and Brampton).
caption: Now an art gallery, the Peel County Courthouse was built in 1865–66
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