Brampton

Named for its greenhouse industry roots, Brampton has become one of the country's fastest growing cities, anchored by a historic downtown and one of Canada's largest South Asian communities.

Downtown Brampton centres on the Four Corners, the historic intersection of Main and Queen Streets, with the Rose Theatre, Garden Square and a wave of newer condos alongside heritage storefronts. Mount Pleasant, built around its own GO station in the northwest, was planned as a walkable, transit oriented village from the ground up.

Bramalea, developed in the 1960s as one of Canada's first planned satellite communities, remains a major residential and retail hub around Bramalea City Centre, while Springdale in the northeast offers newer subdivisions of detached homes and townhomes built through the 2000s and beyond.

GO Transit's Kitchener line and the Zum bus rapid transit network connect Brampton's neighbourhoods to each other and into Toronto, and the city's large, diverse population supports a deep bench of shops, temples, gurdwaras and restaurants. Housing here tends to offer more space for the money than Mississauga or Toronto, drawing families who want room to grow.