Top 5 Did you Know Brampton Facts
25 Feb 2017, Posted by in Top 5's from BikeBrampton
Top 5 Did you Know Brampton Facts
- 9th largest city in Canada
- 209 different ethnic backgrounds
- 89 different languages spoke
- Brampton has a City Matters eNewsletter
- Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness is scheduled to open Feb 2017
BikeBrampton is pleased to advocate for Brampton to become a ‘Bicycle Friendly Community’ in such an interesting and growing community!
Share the Road Cycling Coalition grants ‘Bicycle Friendly Community’ awards to communities that actively support bicycling. It is based on the 5 ‘Es’: Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Enforcement and Evaluation & Planning.
There are 36 communities in Ontario that are Bicycle Friendly:
Gold: Ottawa, Toronto
Silver: Town of Blue Mountains, Burlington, Guelph, Hamilton, Pelham, Peterborough, Waterloo
Bronze: Ajax, Cambridge, Collingwood, Cornwall, Grimsby, Halton Hills, London, Kingston, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Mississippi Mills, Newmarket, Niagara Falls, Oakville, Oshawa, Richmond Hill, St. Catharines, Temiskaming Shores, Thorold, Thunder Bay, Wasaga Beach, Welland, Whitby, Windsor
The image featured is from the bike lane in front of the new Peel Memorial Centre.
