Regional Municipality of Peel

Peel Region
Upper-tier regional municipality
Regional Municipality of Peel
Clockwise: Mississauga, Cheltenham Badlands, Chinguacousy Park, Brampton City Hall, view of Lake Ontario and Toronto from Jack Darling Memorial Park
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Motto:  Working with you
Mississauga Brampton Caledon Bolton Caledon East Southfields
Location in the Greater Toronto Area
Peel Region Location in Ontario Show map of Ontario Peel Region Location in Canada Show map of Canada Peel Region Location in North America Show map of North America
Coordinates: 43°45′10″N 79°47′33″W / 43.75278°N 79.79250°W / 43.75278; -79.79250
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Established	January 1, 1974
Seat	Brampton
Government
• Chair	Nando Iannicca
• Governing body	Peel Regional Council
Area [1]
• Total	1,246.95 km2 (481.45 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	1,499,917
• Estimate  (Q4 2022)[3]	1,516,019
• Density	1,108/km2 (2,870/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT))
Website	peelregion.ca

The Regional Municipality of Peel (informally Peel Region or Region of Peel, also formerly Peel County) is a regional municipality in the Greater Toronto Area, Southern Ontario, Canada. It consists of three municipalities to the west and northwest of the city of Toronto: the cities of Mississauga and Brampton, and the town of Caledon, each of which spans its full east–west width.^[4] The regional seat is in Brampton.

With a population of about 1.5 million,^[2] Peel Region's growth can be credited largely to immigration and transportation infrastructure: seven 400-series highways serve the region and most of Toronto Pearson International Airport is located within its boundaries.

Mississauga, which occupies the southernmost portion of the region with over 800,000 residents, is the largest in population in Peel Region and is overall the seventh-largest lower-tier municipality in Canada. It reaches from Lake Ontario north to near Highway 407. Brampton, a city with over 600,000 residents, is located in the centre of the region, while in the north lies the town of Caledon, which is by far the largest town in the area and the most sparsely populated part of the region.