Talk:Brampton

message: Why is Alan Thicke listed as being from Brampton? This is an urban myth. He was born in Kirkland Lake and went to high school at Elliot Lake, neither of which is anywhere near Brampton.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.113.137.234 (talk) 05:49, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I added Best Buy / Future shop to the list of major businesses a week ago and it was deleted. Best Buy / Future Shop operates their largest DC (warehouse) At Williams Parkway and Airport Road,(Future shop is a subsiduary of Bestbuy, the warehouse is joint). They employ 500-800 people through out the year depending on seasonal demand! If you add in the number of people working in stores, I am sure it would be over a 1000 people very easily, but even with just the DC alone, we are talking more people then many of the companies listed! Please leave them in the list!!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.56.255.140 (talk) 14:51, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Economy Addition 

message: "Population growth in Brampton
    * 1858: 50
    * 1922: 8,000 (according to Celebrating 150 Years)
    * 1949: 6,000 (according to Brampton: An Illustrated History)
    * 1959: 14,500
    * 1963: 26,363
    * 1967: 37,701
    * 1978: 95,000
    * 1983: 165,000
    * 1985: 180,000
    * 2002: 351,646
    * 2005: 415,000
    * 2031: 123,344,334,222,000 (est.)"
I very highly doubt that brampton will have 123,344,334,222,000 people in 25 years.
Could we get the right date of incorporation here? -- Zoe
: Yes. The City of Brampton has three "birthdates" - in 1973, it had the Centennial celebrations (the town incorporation in 1873) and in 2003, there was the sesqicentennial celebration, marking the 1953 incorporation as a village. Of course, 1974, the formation of the city, was also marked in 1999 for the 25th anniversary. The city really should pick one date and stick with it to mark. --Spmarshall42 00:55, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population Mistake 

message: Does City of Brampton Arts Person of the Year refer to this Brampton or a different one in the world? Kingturtle 23:22 May 13, 2003 (UTC)
:This one. --Jay(Reply) 00:05, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: BTW I moved (and updated) this list to Brampton Arts Council/Person of the Year. -- Robocoder 18:28, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Arts Person of the Year

message: Note the sign saying welcome to Brampton says the population is 386,000 and that was changed in 2004. However the mayor said in Brampton guradian (april,29th,2005) that the population of brampton is 412,000. Has brampton's population jumped by 100,000 since 1999????
: Bet your bottom dollar it has. That's estimated, based on new homes and other records. Also, there's hundreds of homes in Brampton that are, shall we put it, "over capacity", and would likely boost the numbers a thousand higher. But such stats have never included people illegally in the country, or who deny existance in the census.  --  user:zanimum
Brampton was such a only 220,000 people in 1995 i remember. Population climbing by 180,000 in ten years is insane. I think we should add two things about this page. One the growth and the demographics of the city which i very interested in knowing.
Brampton is a growing city with a population confirmed over 400,000. Wow this city has grown alot. It all started in 1999 when the North of Brampton got developed a lot!!
750,000 population in 2010?  Impossible!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.196.170.136 (talk) 22:01, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Population accuracy?

message: Some of the discussion of the traffic sounds more like the opinion of a frustrated commuter than an unbiased expert. Great Green Arkelseizure 21:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you find info from one?  --  Zanimum 23:29, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Traffic 

message: *As per a request by user:Phil-hong I made this page a new, more updated looking info box. Because of the "interesting" format of Brampton's City Council, I'm a little torn on how to list the Councillors - Right now I have them all lumped together in two rows of cells "Regional" and "City" with their wards listed in brackets after their names (see current article page for example). Alternatively, each ward grouping could have their own cell row - like in the example below. Let me know which one you think looks better and we can either leave it, or switch it. Thanks pm_shef 23:24, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Info Box 

message: How long has this fact tag been up?  How come no one has a citation?  Shouldn't I remove the statement now?  If not why not? Something like that needs a citation. Thanks. Wjhonson 00:48, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been there since you put it there a few days ago. I suspect that the editor who added that information (WikiWoo) has been too busy with other issues to find a citation that quickly, especially since this may have been his least contentious contribution. --Gary Will 19:28, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unanimous vote 

message: Brampton Governance Criticised for lack of Ethnic Diversity [Toronto Star, August 14, 2006]
If there is critism of this addition then lets discuss it here. This is notable and an important subject. That the corruption of Brampton by individuals leads to new stories such as these is notable. We may not be in a possition to publish opinions and POV about how corrupt people and systems are, but the notable events and statements that do get in the mainstream medea needs to be documented so that Wiki does not become a Soapboax of the establishment to use as more of its propaganda for free. They pay enough for their propaganda paying off politicians and local media to conceil and misrepresent the facts about their inherant corruption. But the obvious parts of the consequenhces of their corruption such as the UNATURAL make up of the Council and Staffing of Brampton, which is a mirror reflection of its godfather the Region of Peel should be properly reflected on Wiki as notable information.--Wiki The Humble Woo 18:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I explained to you on your talk page why the addition is unencyclopedic.  It certainly does not deserve to be at the top of the page in its own section (a whole section for one sentence which is an incorrect summary of one article)!  I also explained how you are actually putting spin on the article, claiming it says something it does not.  Claiming that I am censoring information and vandalising the article after I made a clear edit summary and explained my edit to you on your talk page is just incivil and uncalled for, and you've been warned about claims of censorship and vandalism plenty of times already.  As for your rant, the makeup of Brampton City Council and Peel Regional Council has to do solely with the choice of those running for those offices, and the choices of the citizens in voting for them.  └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 18:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *The article talks about exactly that kind of thing. Which exposes the corruption in Brampton and Peel Region in the manipulation of elections so that corrupt politicians tend to advance as the article clearly outlines if you read between the lines. You ARE CENSORING the information and using vandalism as your means of doing so. This is why I susspect you are a Laywer on the payroll of corrput government in Ontario posing as a law student. You are pushing POV and ensuring Wiki is misleading about what's published to help maintain the public in the dark about the truth behind Brampton and Peel Region which is that they are to Heart of ALL CORRUPTION in Canada. It accumulates there and all other systems are at work to keep their activities outside of public scrutiny. You are vandalizing the Bramton page as well as others. I would apreciate you leaving it without your censorship.--Wiki The Humble Woo 00:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *WikiWoo, this has gone on long enough.  Not only are your accusations of vandalism and censorship utterly outrageous, but you are personally attacking me by accusing me of being "on the payroll of corrupt government in Ontario posing as a law student" which is THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING I HAVE EVER HEARD!  I have explained at least twice now why your addition is a) unencyclopedic, b) misleading, and c) completely misplaced even if it did have any value.  └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 12:29, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I removed the "in the news" section from the article.  To have a section be a sentence fragment with a link is not encyclopedic.  There is no indication that this is an ongoing controversial issue.  WW, discussing things with you on talk pages does not result in a rational discourse, only with your assertions that anyone who modifies "your" articles is a censoring vandal.  Enough is enough. JChap2007 16:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Brampton in the news

message: The response I received from the Peel Data Centre at the Region of Peel follows:
:Peel’s population forecasts are developed by Hemson Consulting.  They use population data from the latest census, births and deaths estimates, housing development statistics and a wide range of other data as inputs into a model.
:We are currently in the process of updating our forecasts.  We are in the midst of the political process now, but we have no way of knowing when the forecasts will be officially approved because we do not yet know how many (if any) appeals will be filed.  I can keep you apprised of this situation if you wish.
:Please email me directly if you have any questions.
:Thanks,
:Sarah
:Sarah Cannon
:Planner
:Region of Peel Planning Department
:10 Peel Centre Drive, 6th Floor
:Brampton, Ontario
:L6T 4B9
:Telephone: (905) 791-7800 Ext. 4344
:Fax: (905) 791-7920
:Email: sarah.cannon@peelregion.ca
While this might not be as good a response as what one might like, I think the fact that the estimates come from Hemson Consulting, a reputable firm, and take into consideration birth and deaths estimates, housing development statistics, and various other data, shows that this is not just some off the top of the head estimate of Brampton's population.  I am satisfied that this is enought to support the inclusion of the figure in the article, and I have therefore included it. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 18:06, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population Estimates 

message: One oddity about Brampton's street network is the inconsistency of its north-south street dividing/numbering system. Queen Street is the official divider, with streets numbers increasing as as one goes north or south of Queen. However, this numbering sequence is only used for streets between McLaughlin Road and Highway 410, and only applies between Steeles Ave. and Bovaird Drive. Outside the boundaries of these four roads, the Regional numbering system (which begins at Lake Ontario), is used. This fact is usually not recognized, even by officials--for example, the Powerade Centre is usually labelled as being located at 7575 Kennedy Rd. South. "South" is technically incorrect, as the numbering sequence continues from Mississauga, and there are several houses to the north with address numbers higher than 7575. There are also several inaccurate street signs posted along  Dixie Road (which lies east of the 410 and thus uses the Regional numbering system for its entire length through Brampton) that read "Dixie Rd. N".
Why was this section deleted? It was an informative paragraph on a little-known quirk of Brampton's street numbering system. How many other cities have that? A.L.70.24.71.154 05:34, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It seemed rather specific for a general article on the city.  It was also, apparently, original research as it was presented.  Why is the way streets are numbered useful for an article of this type?  I know that some very small streets in a part of Mississauga (with, for instance 20 houses), have numbers that start and end in the thousands, which is also somewhat unusual.  It would be ludicrous to think this was an important enough fact to add to Mississauga, Ontario, though. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 13:25, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree. Ask at Talk:Street where this sort of information should go.  --  Zanimum 15:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Odd street numbering system paragraph.

message: Not too sure about the fact. A 2003 thing by the Guardian said that in fact it was a shoemaker who just served his customers tons of liqour.  --  Zanimum 22:10, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Even if that's true (and everything I've read says otherwise), that's still enough for me to call it a tavern. It's not like bars were regulated back then, were they? └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 22:28, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Good point.  --  Zanimum 15:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buffy's tavern 

message: hmm, I wonder if it is true, because on google map, I already seen some development north of Mayfield. I would prefer to buy a house north of Mayfield rd&Airport road. because I would like to enjoy some country life without sacrificing some my urban hobbies.
btw, there is a train track goes into DaimlerChrysler factory, and it looks interesting, how often the train actually pulls there? to pick up new cars? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.117.25.232 (talk) 07:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urban development ended on Mayfield border not until 2021? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:North brampton hospital in the works.jpg

message: I changed this article's importance rating to "Mid", to be consistent with most of the articles about cities in the province.  PKT (talk) 22:14, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canada/Ontario Project rating 

message: I removed the "Ethnicity" portion of this article, due to vandalism. The vandals typed this:
გუჯარათული ენა გავრცელებულია ინდოეთის გუჯარათისა და მაჰარაშტრის შტატებში. თავისი სტრუქტურული ტიპით უკავია შუალედური მდებარეობა ჰინდისა და მარატჰის შორის. იგი ახლოსაა რაჯასტანულ ენასთან, აქვს ბევრი დიალექტები, მათ შორის სოციალური. ძირითადი დიალექტებია: ჩრდილოეთის ანუ აჰმადაბადის, დასავლეთის ანუ კათხიავარის, სამხრეთის ანუ სურატის. გუჯარათულ ჯგუფს მიეკუთვნება ინდოეთისა და პაკისტანის რამდენიმე მცირერიცხოვანი ენა, მათ შორის: აერი, ჯანდავრა, პარკარი, ვადიარა და სხვები
I know a cat named Ameer
:Anyways, though living in Arizona, I have a personal connection to Brampton, so I don't appreciate vandalism. 65.248.164.214 (talk) 21:16, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I believe the “Motto” section at the top has been vandalised. I suggest it be removed immediately  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.136.139 (talk) 15:56, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism is SO childish

message: I've opened a discussion to rename this page as Brampton, and the disambiguation page to Brampton (disambiguation). See the discussion at the current disambiguation page at Talk:Brampton#Rename pages. Mindmatrix 15:10, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rename page

message: This section lacks content on climate.--Parkwells (talk) 14:41, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Geography and climate

message: Brampton's Population according to the signs saying welcome to Brampton is 452,000 thats was in 2007 and no doubt it has increased there for I am setting the population as 452,000 as that is the highest provable population.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gailgrove (talk • contribs) 18:23, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Municipal boundary signs are not valid sources for population information. I'm reverting the change. Mindmatrix 19:41, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

text: Absolutely not. See WP:RS. Mindmatrix 15:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: To clarify, municipal boundary signs, political speeches etc. are not valid sources as they don't provide information about the data sources used. Moreover, the Canadian WikiProject has established that the infobox only uses the latest census figures in the infobox; the text elaborate on more recent planning and estimate data. Mindmatrix 15:11, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: The picture at the top of the infobox is of the original town hall (now a bar and other businesses), not the current city hall.  I think this picture should be replaced with the current city hall instead.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nutster (talk • contribs) 18:56, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 18:19, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Town hall picture. 

message: I am updating the nicknames to include "Brown Town, Buck Town, and B-Town as they are legitimate nicknames, I do recall these being on here before so I am unsure of what happened to them.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.26.104.197 (talk) 22:41, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: They were deleted because they were unsourced. These nicknames require some sort of reference for verifiability. We've had many problems with editors adding random names to articles about other places (particularly Scarborough, Ontario). Mindmatrix 22:59, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicknames? 

message: Since when was the demonym of someone who lives in Brampton a "Bramptonite" are there any reliable sources for this? I have only ever heard the term "Bramptonian" used. I have changed it for now.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.227.109.15 (talk) 05:09, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bramptonite? Thought it was Bramptonian? 

message: A self-guided historical walking tour of downtown Brampton called, “A Walk Through Time”  A Walk Through Time. City of Brampton. Circa 2010 http://www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Culture-Tourism/digital/Heritage-Walking-Tour-Book/index.html#?page=0  . ,  is available at Brampton City Hall and online free of cost.
ADDED BY Karmeet Sethi (talk) 21:12, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:   Walk Through Time 

message: The Old Shoe Factory, located on 57 Mill Street North, was once the home of Hewetson Shoe Company. It was known as a historical property under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2008. Today it is occupied by various small businesses including The Well Being. The lobby and hallways still have the old theme from 1907. Walls are decorated with pictures and artifacts of local Brampton history and old shoe making equipment. 
ADDED BY Arshdeep Farwaha (talk) 21:17, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hewetson Shoe Factory 

message: In the 'sports and recreation' section, there is a list of amateur sports teams.  Then in the article Sports in Brampton, there's another list of amateur teams.  The list from the Brampton article should be removed and merged into the 'Sports in Brampton' article.  Then, teams with no variable source (eg. "Bleed Blue Cricket Club") can be removed.  Magnolia677 (talk) 04:30, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. If there's no article on the league, it should clearly be sent over to the sport article.  --  Zanimum (talk) 12:24, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sports and recreation 

message: Hello. Claims made in the "Population growth" section regarding the reasons for Brampton's rising population appear to lack any concrete evidence to back them up. Would this not be considered original research? WP:NOR --AndrewH7 (talk) 17:21, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population growth statement problem 

message: Doug Ford government cancels funding for post-secondary campus expansions in Brampton, Milton, Markham
This topic, which also affects the two other cities, was discussed at length in the Talk section of Milton, Ontario. It was agreed there, that this topic needed to be covered, in a neutral point of view. 
I have updated the section in this article as per the discussion mentioned above. Peter K Burian (talk) 13:46, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education, cancellation of York campus 

message: What do you do in the case of  where the racist and derogatory names "B-town" "Brown town", and "Bramladesh" appear in RS? I removed them for now, but I would like some input from other editors. In your replies, please do not quote WP:CENSOR; I know all about it. I also know about racist and derogatory terms. Thanks. Dr. K. 17:08, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Racist and derogatory (but citable) names for Brampton 

message: Someone should add, map of Canada in infobox. Foreigners will not understand it. Rock Stone Gold Castle (talk) 10:48, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a good observation.  There are two maps available for selection in the infobox but the default map is Peel region.  Wikipedia serves a global readership and most would not be familiar with Peel.  I have chnaged the default map to Southern Ontario which includes an inset map of Canada providing better location context. -- Whpq (talk) 12:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where is this place in Canada?