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Brampton

Brampton ( or ) is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is a suburban city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and the seat of Peel Region. The city has a population of 523,911 as of the Canada 2011 Census, and is Canada's ninth-most populous municipality.

Brampton was incorporated as a village in 1853, taking its name from the market town of Brampton, in Cumbria, England. The city was once known as The Flower Town of Canada, a title based on its large greenhouse industry. Today, Brampton's major economic sectors include advanced manufacturing, retail administration and logistics, information and communication technologies, food and beverage, life sciences and business services.

Brampton (disambiguation)

Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada.

Brampton may also refer to:

Brampton (electoral district)

Brampton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987, from Brampton—Georgetown riding, and was abolished in 1996, when it was redistributed between Brampton Centre and Brampton West—Mississauga ridings.

It consisted of that part of the City of Brampton lying west of Dixie Road.

It was briefly a riding represented in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1975 to 1985. It was represented by Premier Bill Davis.

Brampton (Chestertown, Maryland)

Brampton is a historic home located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland. It is a transitional Greek Revival / Italianate-influenced dwelling built about 1860. The main section of the house is a three story structure, constructed of brick with a symmetrical five-bay-wide facade and a depth of two bays. A two story frame wing extends from the rear.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Brampton (Orange, Virginia)

Brampton, also known as Buena Vista Farm, is a historic home located near Orange, in Madison County, Virginia. It was built about 1846, as a two-bay, side passage plan with a flat roof, two-story portico, and a small wing. It is a temple-form Greek Revival-style residence. A rear addition was built about 1900, and the front portico was redesigned with a pedimented form. Also on the property are the contributing brick kitchen, smokehouse, and dairy.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Usage examples of "brampton".

The doctor or psychiatrist from the sanitarium near Beloit, the one who took an interest in your case after—after what happened to you at Brampton.

That he had continued along the road which ran from Ely to Kettering was established by one of the ostlers at Brampton, but at Spaldwick, where, after studying his road-book, Sir Gareth expected to hear that he had stopped for a change, no one seemed to have seen him.