Brampton, Ontario

Brampton, Ontario is a city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of the Peel Regional Municipality. As of June 2005, Brampton's population stood at approximately 415,000, and it is estimated that by the year 2031, the city population will have almost doubled to 680,000 people. As one of Canada's fastest growing cities, the municipality has found it difficult to cope with its unprecendented growth, in terms of the provision of adequate infrastructure. It celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary in 2003, marking 150 years since its incorporation as a village in 1853, taking its name from the rural village near Chesterfield in England.

Notable Bramptonians

Notable people either born, raised, or living in Brampton.

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• Nathaniel Branden, psychotherapist, best known as a former associate of Ayn Rand and founder of the Nathaniel Branden Institute.
• William Grenville Davis, Bill Davis, or Brampton Billy, a former premier of Ontario.
• Susan Fennell, current mayor, commissioner of the NWHL.
• Alan Thicke, actor, singer, songwriter. Starred in 1980's sitcom Growing Pains and "Thicke of the Night". Father and sister still live and work in Brampton, although born in Kirkland Lake in Northern Ontario.
• Friendly Rich, composer/musician
• Hon. Sir James A. Lougheed (1854-1925)
• Leonard Norris, founder of the Okanagan Historical Society http://print.google.com/print?id=yiIXCUATwhEC&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=leonard+norris+okanagan&prev=http://print.google.com/print%3Fq%3Dborn%2Bbrampton%2Bontario%26btnG%3DSearch%2Ball%2Bbooks%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8&sig=fAlSEHpULy3QBHaL3WotCspG7Oo

Comedians

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• Michael Cera, comedian, Arrested Development
• Paulo Costanzo, comedic television actor, a lead in the Friends spin-off Joey
• Russell Peters, comedian
• Scott Thompson (b. 1959), openly-gay television comedian, member of the noted comedy troupe Kids in the Hall.

Authors

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• Rohinton Mistry, author

Hockey

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• Andrew Cassels, professional hockey player currently playing the National Hockey League NHL
• Todd Sloan Elik, Edmonton Oilers hockey player 1992-94 http://print.google.com/print?id=qAEizGtRahAC&pg=PA157&lpg=PA157&dq=brampton+ontario&prev=http://print.google.com/print%3Fq%3Dbrampton%2Bontario%26btnG%3DSearch%2Ball%2Bbooks%26ie%3DUTF-8&sig=l3xAxYKGjX_mKOpOe66e4J5Rdi4
• Rick Nash Critically acclaimed hockey player. Winner of the Maurice Richard trophy in 2004 with the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League

Other

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• IMDb listed actors: Andrew Bednarski, Daryl Jaye, Tyler Labine, Kris Lemche, Johanna Black, Joanne Boland, Sabrina Grdevich, Nicole Lyn, Brenna O'Brien, Leah Straatsma, Lynley Swain,

Deceased

• John Coyne (died 1873), Peel County's first representative in the Ontario Legislature
• Gordon Graydon, politician
• JoAnn Wilson, wife and murder victim of politician Colin Thatcher, moved here