Oshawa, Ontario

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Oshawa Ontario Canada

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City nickname: "City in Motion", "The Shwa"

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Land Area¹145.65 km²

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Area - Km²

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Population (2001) % change since 1996139 051 +3.5%

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Latitude and longitude

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Altitude:104 m

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Time zone'Eastern': UTC -5(-4 DT)

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Dwellings:??

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Postal code:L1G, L1H, L1J, L1K, L1L

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Area code:905, 289

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905 - 289

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MayorJohn Gray

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MPsColin Carrie (Conservative)Judi Longfield (Liberal)

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MPs - Colin Carrie - Conservative - Judi Longfield - Liberal

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MPPsJerry Ouellette (PC)John O'Toole (PC)

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MPPs - Jerry Ouellette - PC - John O'Toole

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External link: http://www.oshawa.ca

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¹ According to the 2001 Statistics Canada census

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Oshawa (2004 population 150,000, metropolitan population 296,298) is a city on Lake Ontario located 56 kilometres east of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of both the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe. It has been the largest community in the Durham Regional Municipality since well before that jurisdiction's inception in 1974, although explosive growth to the west - closer to Toronto - means that Oshawa may soon be eclipsed in size by Pickering or Whitby. The name Oshawa originates from the Seneca native term for "crossing of a stream".

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2004 - City - Lake Ontario - Toronto - Ontario - Canada - Greater Toronto Area - Golden Horseshoe - Durham Regional Municipality - Pickering - Whitby

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The automobile industry, specifically the Canadian division of General Motors, has always been Oshawa's lifeblood. Founded in 1876 as the McLaughlin Carriage Company, General Motors of Canada's headquarters and major assembly plants are located in the city. The lavish home of the carriage company's founder, Parkwood Estate, has become a backdrop favoured by Toronto film crews.

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General Motors - 1876 - McLaughlin Carriage Company

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The city is also home to Windfields Farm, a thoroughbred horse breeding operation and birthplace of Canada's most famous racehorse, Northern Dancer.

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Windfields Farm - Northern Dancer

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Once very much a distinct community - both physically and culturally - Oshawa has been increasingly subsumed into the Greater Toronto Area by urban sprawl.

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Greater Toronto Area - Urban sprawl

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