Caledon, Ontario

Caledon
Town (lower-tier)
Town of Caledon
Cheltenham Badlands
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Coordinates: 43°51′58″N 79°51′32″W / 43.86611°N 79.85889°W / 43.86611; -79.85889[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional municipality	Peel Region
Established	January 1, 1974
Government
• Mayor	Annette Groves
• Governing Body	Caledon Town Council
• MP	Kyle Seeback (CPC)
• MPP	Sylvia Jones (PC)
Area [2]
• Land	688.82 km2 (265.95 sq mi)
Highest elevation [3][better source needed]	485 m (1,591 ft)
Lowest elevation [4][better source needed]	221 m (725 ft)
Population  (2021)[5]
• Total	76,581
• Density	111.2/km2 (288/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Forward sortation area	L7C, L7K
Area code(s)	905, 519
Website	www.town.caledon.on.ca

Caledon (/ˈkælədən/; 2021 population 76,581) is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. The name comes from a shortened form of Caledonia, the Roman name for what is now Scotland.^[6] Caledon is primarily rural with a number of hamlets and small villages, but also contains the larger community of Bolton (population 26,795) in its southeastern quadrant, adjacent to York Region.^[7] Some spillover urbanization also occurs in the south bordering the City of Brampton.

Caledon is the northernmost of three municipalities of Peel Region. The town is northwest of Brampton. At over 688 km² (266 sq mi), Caledon is the largest municipality by area in the Greater Toronto Area.