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| name               = Brampton
| official_name      = City of Brampton
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in Ontario|City]] ([[List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities|lower-tier]])
| nickname           = Flower City (previously Flower Town)<ref name="rayburn">{{cite book
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 |archive-date = 2012-12-06
 |title     = Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names
 |last      = Rayburn
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 |location  = Toronto
 |year      = 2001
 |isbn      = 978-0-8020-8293-0
 |page      = 45
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| subdivision_type2  = [[Regional municipality|Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario|Peel]]
| leader_title       = [[List of mayors of Brampton, Ontario|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Patrick Brown (Canadian politician)|Patrick Brown]]
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|4=[[Shafqat Ali]] (Liberal)
|5=[[Sonia Sidhu]] (Liberal)
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|4=[[Charmaine Williams]] (PC)
|5=[[Graham McGregor (politician)|Graham McGregor]] (PC)
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| established_date   = 1853 (village)
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| established_date2  = 1873 (town)
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| established_date3  = 1974 (city)
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| utc_offset_DST     = −04:00
| elevation_m        = 218
| postal_code_type   = [[Canadian postal code#Forward sortation areas|Forward sortation area]]
| postal_code        = [[List of L postal codes of Canada|L6P to L7A]]
| area_codes          = [[Area codes 905, 289, and 365|905, 289, 365, and 742]]
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'''Brampton''' is a city in the Canadian [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province]] of [[Ontario]], and the regional seat of the [[Regional Municipality of Peel]]. It is part of the [[Greater Toronto Area]] (GTA) and is a [[List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities|lower-tier municipality]] within the Peel Region. The city has a population of 656,480 as of the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], making it the [[List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population|ninth most populous municipality]] in Canada and the third most populous city in the [[Greater Golden Horseshoe]] urban area, behind [[Toronto]] and [[Mississauga]]. The City of Brampton is bordered by [[Vaughan]] to the east, [[Halton Hills]] to the west, [[Caledon, Ontario|Caledon]] to the north, Mississauga to the south, and Etobicoke (Toronto) to the southeast.

Named after the town of [[Brampton, Carlisle|Brampton]] in [[Cumberland]], England, Brampton was incorporated as a village in 1853 and as a town in 1873, and became a city in 1974.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Brampton {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/brampton|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> The modern City of Brampton was formed following an [[Merger (politics)|amalgamation]] of several surrounding townships and communities.

The city was once known as "The Flower Town of Canada", a title referring to its abundance of greenhouses and strong [[floriculture]] industry in the 1860s.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-04-21 |title=Why is Brampton Called the Flower City? |url=https://www.insauga.com/why-is-brampton-called-the-flower-city/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=InSauga |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brampton History |url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Culture-Tourism/Tourism-Brampton/Visitors/pages/bramptonhistory.aspx |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=City of Brampton |language=en-US}}</ref> It maintains the term "Flower City" as its slogan.

In recent times, the city has experienced large population growth. Despite being built as a [[Car dependency|car-centric]] city, Brampton has a significant [[Brampton Transit|transit]] system, with a ridership of 49,200,800, or about 226,500 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.

==History==
[[File:John Haggert.gif|thumb|left|upright|[[John Haggert]], Brampton's first mayor]]

{{main|History of Brampton}}
{{see also|List of mayors of Brampton|Brampton Fall Fair|Brampton Library}}

Before the arrival of British settlers, the [[Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation]] held {{Convert|648,000|acre|ha}} of land north of the head of the [[Toronto Purchase|Lake Purchase]] lands and extending to the unceded territory of the [[Chippewa]] of Lakes Huron and Simcoe.<ref name=":2" />  In October 1818, the chief of the [[Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation]] signed Treaty 19, also known as the Ajetance Purchase,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs|date=2013-06-04|title=Treaty Texts - Upper Canada Land Surrenders|url=https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1370372152585/1581293792285|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca}}</ref> surrendering the area to the [[The Crown|British Crown]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2017-05-28|title=Ajetance Treaty, No. 19 (1818) - Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation|url=http://mncfn.ca/treaty19/|access-date=2021-06-03|language=en-US|archive-date=June 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607035520/http://mncfn.ca/treaty19/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Provisional Agreement with the Mississagues of the River Credit, for the surrender of 648,000 Acres of Land| website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] | date=November 25, 2016 |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=3951604&new=-8585976781461825604|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605214657/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=3951604&new=-8585976781461825604 |archive-date=2021-06-05 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ajetance Treaty No. 19|url=https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1370372152585/1581293792285#ucls17|url-status=live|website=Treaty Texts - Upper Canada Land Surrenders|date=4 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319041254/https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1370372152585/1581293792285 |archive-date=2020-03-19 }}</ref>

Prior to the 1830s, most business in [[Chinguacousy Township, Ontario|Chinguacousy Township]] took place at Martin Salisbury's tavern. One mile from the corner of [[Hurontario Street]] and the 5th Sideroad (now [[List of roads in Brampton#Main Street|Main]] and [[List of roads in Brampton#Queen Street|Queen]] Streets in the centre of Brampton), William Buffy's tavern was the only significant building. At the time, the intersection was referred to as "Buffy's Corners". By 1834, John Elliott laid out the area in lots for sale, calling it "Brampton", which was soon adopted by others.<ref name="100years">"Brampton's Beginning" in ''Bramptons's 100th Anniversary as an Incorporated Town: 1873–1973'', Brampton: The Corporation of the Town of Brampton and the Brampton Centennial Committee, 1973, originally published in Ross Cumming, ed., ''Historical Atlas of Peel County'', n.p.: Walker and Miles, 1877.</ref>

In 1853, a small agricultural fair was set up by the newly initiated County Agricultural Society of the County of Peel and was held at the corner of Main and Queen streets.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} Grains, produce, roots, and dairy products were up for sale. Horses and cattle, along with other lesser livestock, were also sold at the market. This agricultural fair eventually became the modern [[Brampton Fall Fair]].

In that same year, Brampton was incorporated as a village.<ref name=100years /> In 1866, the town became the county seat and the location of the [[Peel County Courthouse]] which was built in 1865–66; a three-storey County jail was added at the rear in 1867.

Edward Dale, an immigrant from [[Dorking]], England, established a flower nursery in Brampton<ref name="nursery">{{cite web
  | url = http://www.brampton.ca/en/Arts-Culture-Tourism/heritage/Pages/Brampton's-History.aspx
  | title = Discover Brampton's History
  | publisher = City of Brampton
  | access-date = 2010-04-08
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100221032242/http://www.brampton.ca/en/Arts-Culture-Tourism/heritage/Pages/Brampton%27s-History.aspx
  | archive-date = 2010-02-21
  }}</ref> shortly after his arrival in 1863.<ref name="bost" /> Dale's Nursery became the town's largest<ref name="nursery" /> and most prominent employer, developed a flower grading system,<ref name="bost" /> and established a global export market for its products.<ref name="nursery" /> The company [[chimney]] was a town landmark,<ref name="bost" /> until [[Brampton City Council|Brampton Town Council]] allowed it to be torn down in 1977.<ref name="bost" /> At its height, the company had 140 greenhouses,<ref name="acresof">{{cite book
 |url          = http://acresofglass.com/
 |title        = Acres of Glass: The Story of the Dale Estate and How Brampton Became "The Flower Town of Canada"
 |last         = O'Hara
 |first        = Dale
 |publisher    = Eastendbooks
 |date         = September 2007
 |isbn         = 978-1-896973-39-5
 |access-date   = 2010-04-08
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090619202006/http://www.acresofglass.com/
 |archive-date = 2009-06-19
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref> and was the largest [[Floriculture|cut flower]] business in North America,<ref name="floriculture">{{cite web
  | url = http://www.catchthespiritbrampton.com/flowertown.php
  | title = Brampton's FlowerTown Heritage
  | access-date = 2010-04-08
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708123544/http://www.catchthespiritbrampton.com/flowertown.php
  | archive-date = 2011-07-08
  }}</ref> producing 20 million blooms and introducing numerous rose and orchid cultivar to the market.<ref name="floriculture" /> It also spurred the development of other nurseries in the town. Forty-eight hothouse flower nurseries once did business in the town.<ref name="bost" /><ref name="floriculture" />
[[File:Alder Lee, Gage Park, Brampton.jpg|thumb|left|The Alderlea Estate, built {{Circa|1867–1870}} for businessman Kenneth Chisholm]]

In January 1867, Peel County separated from the County of York, a union which had existed since 1851.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peelarchivesblog.com/2017/04/25/the-creation-of-the-county-of-peel-1851-1867/|title=The creation of the County of Peel, 1851-1867|date=25 April 2017|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref>
By 1869, Brampton had a population of 1,800.<ref>The province of Ontario gazetteer and directory. H. McEvoy Editor and Compiler, Toronto : Robertson & Cook, Publishers, 1869</ref> It was incorporated as a town in 1873.<ref name=100years />

The town of Brampton had problems with inadequate water supply in its early years, as the town relied on shallow wells for not just residential water, but commercial use and fire-fighting. In 1878, government-appointed water commissioners identified Snell's Lake (the present-day [[Heart Lake (Ontario)|Heart Lake]], named after the property owner at the time) nearly {{Convert|5|km|4=0|sp=us}} north of town as a good source for the city's water supply, and worked with property owners to build a pipeline from Heart Lake to town, supplying Brampton with water.<ref name="loverseed">{{cite book |last=Loverseed |first=Helga V. |date=1987 |title=Brampton, An Illustrated History |location=Burlington |publisher=Windsor Publications Inc. |page=101 |isbn=0-89781-207-7}}</ref> A Brampton Water Works filtration plant was built south of the lake, located where present-day White Spruce Park is. Today the city uses water from other sources, and Heart Lake is now the centerpiece of [[Heart Lake Conservation Area]].

A federal grant had enabled the village to found its first public [[library]] in 1887, which included 360 volumes from the Mechanic's Institute (established in 1858).{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In 1907, the library received a grant from the Carnegie Foundation, set up by United States steel [[magnate]] and [[philanthropist]] [[Andrew Carnegie]], to build a new, expanded library; it serves several purposes, featuring the [[Brampton Library]]. The [[Carnegie libraries]] were built on the basis of communities coming up with matching funds and guaranteeing maintenance.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

In 1902, Sir [[William James Gage|William J. Gage]] (owner of Gage Publishing, a publishing house specializing in school textbooks) purchased a {{convert|3.25|acre|adj=on}} portion of the gardens and lawns of the Alder Lea estate (now called Alderlea) that had been built on Main Street by Kenneth Chisolm in 1867 to 1870. (Chisholm, a merchant and founding father of Brampton, had been the Town reeve, then warden of Peel County, then MPP for Brampton and eventually, Registrar of Peel County.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/chisholm_kenneth_13E.html|title=Biography – CHISHOLM, KENNETH – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography |access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref> Gage donated {{convert|1.7|acre}} of the property to the town, with a specific condition that it be made into a park. Citizens donated $1,054 and the town used the funds to purchase extra land to ensure a larger park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Culture-Tourism/alderlea/Pages/Alderlea-History.aspx|title=History of Alderlea|website=www.brampton.ca|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619171344/http://www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Culture-Tourism/alderlea/Pages/Alderlea-History.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bramptonguardian.com/community-story/5527696-alderlea-reborn-brampton-s-heritage-home-now-available-for-rent/|title=Alderlea reborn: Brampton's heritage home now available for rent - BramptonGuardian.com|first=Pam|last=Douglas|date=26 March 2015|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref>

A group of regional farmers in Brampton had trouble getting insurance from city-based companies. After several meetings in Clairville Hall, they decided to found the County of Peel Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In 1955, when the company moved to its third and current location, 103 Queen Street West, it took the new name of Peel Mutual Insurance Company. It reigns as the longest-running company in modern Brampton. Harmsworth Decorating Centre was established in 1890, as Harmsworth and Son, operated out of the family's house on Queen Street West.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} The current location was purchased on September 1, 1904, after a fire destroyed their original store. Purchased for $1,400, the 24 Main Street South location is the longest-operating retail business in what is now Brampton.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

In 1974, the two townships of Chinguacousy and Toronto Gore were incorporated into Brampton. The small pine added to the centre of the shield on the Brampton city flag represents Chinguacousy, honouring the [[Chippewa]] chief ''Shinguacose,'' "The Small Pine." After this merger, outlying communities such as [[Bramalea, Ontario|Bramalea]], [[Heart Lake (Ontario)|Heart Lake]] and [[Professor's Lake]], [[Snelgrove, Ontario|Snelgrove]], [[Tullamore, Ontario|Tullamore]], and [[Marysfield]], were incorporated into the City, and in some instances further developed.

In 1963, the town established ''The Flower Festival of Brampton'', based on the ''[[Portland Rose Festival|Rose Festival]]'' of [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], in the United States. It began to market itself as the ''Flower Town of Canada''.<ref name="bost">{{cite web
  | url = http://tomorrowstrust.ca/?p=1282
  | title = Without a trace
  | work = Book Review
  | last = Bost
  | first = John
  | date = 30 December 2007
  | access-date = 2010-04-08
  | quote = O'Hara tells the story of how the Dale Estate joined with the town to market the town as the "Flower Town of Canada" by instituting in 1963, The Flower Festival of Brampton, patterned after the great Rose Festival parade of Portland, Oregon.
  }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In a revival of this theme, on June 24, 2002, the City Council established the "Flower City Strategy",<ref name="FCS">{{cite web
  | url = http://www.brampton.ca/en/Business/planning-development/projects-studies/Pages/flower-city-strategy.aspx
  | title = Flower City Strategy
  | publisher = City of Brampton
  | access-date = 2010-04-08
  | quote = On June 24, 2002, Council received and approved the "Flower City Strategy", with the expressed purpose of recapturing of Brampton's Floral heritage.
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100622045141/http://www.brampton.ca/en/Business/planning-development/projects-studies/Pages/flower-city-strategy.aspx
  | archive-date = June 22, 2010
  }}</ref><ref name="flowercity">{{cite web 
 |url=http://www.brampton.ca/en/Arts-Culture-Tourism/heritage/Pages/welcome.aspx 
 |title=Heritage 
 |publisher=City of Brampton 
 |access-date=2010-04-08 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409072525/http://www.brampton.ca/EN/ARTS-CULTURE-TOURISM/HERITAGE/Pages/welcome.aspx 
 |archive-date=2010-04-09 
 }}</ref> to promote a connection to its flower-growing heritage.<ref name="floralheritage">{{cite web
  | url = http://www.brampton.ca/en/City-Hall/Strategic-Priorities/Pages/Environmental-Responsibility.aspx
  | title = Environmental Responsibility
  | publisher = City of Brampton
  | access-date = 2010-04-08
  | quote = The City is taking steps to reclaim our "flower town" roots through the Flower City Strategy, a multifaceted approach that strives to beautify Brampton, preserve its natural and cultural heritage and protect the environment. An important part of this strategy is adopting a sustainable environmental approach that combines conservation with urban development and design, naturalisation and community landscaping.
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100413113048/http://www.brampton.ca/en/City-Hall/Strategic-Priorities/Pages/Environmental-Responsibility.aspx
  | archive-date = 2010-04-13
  }}</ref> The intention was to inspire design projects and community landscaping to beautify the city, adopt a sustainable environmental approach, and to protect its natural and cultural heritage.<ref name="floralheritage"/> The [[Rose Theatre, Brampton|Rose Theatre]] was named in keeping with this vision and is to serve as a cultural institution in the city.<ref name="bost" /><!--
quote: Thirty years later with the 2007 opening of Brampton's Rose Theatre, Brampton is once again attempting to regain its lost heritage. O'Hara's book is a fine literary centerpiece to that new arts centre.
--> In addition, the city participates in the national [[Communities in Bloom]] competition as part of that strategy.

The Old Shoe Factory, located at 57 Mill Street North, once housed the Hewetson Shoe Company. It was listed as a historical property under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2008. Today it is occupied by various small businesses. The lobby and hallways retain details from 1907. Walls are decorated with pictures and artifacts of local Brampton history and old shoemaking equipment.<ref>Hewetson Shoe Factory. City of Brampton. {{cite web |url=http://www.thewellbeing.ca/Clinic_Info.html |title=A Little Bit of History... |access-date=2013-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518224619/http://www.thewellbeing.ca/Clinic_Info.html |archive-date=2013-05-18}}</ref>

A self-guided historical walking tour of downtown Brampton called "A Walk Through Time"<ref>[http://www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Culture-Tourism/digital/Heritage-Walking-Tour-Book/index.html#?page=0 "A Walk Through Time"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509010501/http://www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Culture-Tourism/digital/Heritage-Walking-Tour-Book/index.html#?page=0 |date=May 9, 2013}}, City of Brampton, c.2010</ref> is available at Brampton City Hall and online at no cost.

===Development of Bramalea===
{{main|Bramalea, Ontario}}
[[File:Bramalea Civic Centre - 2021 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Bramalea Civic Centre building, originally the home of the [[Chinguacousy Township]] offices, also housed several municipal services, including a public library, until 2023, when they moved to make way for a [[medical school]], which opened in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bramptonlibrary.ca/index.php/your-account/blog/472-saying-goodbye-to-our-civic-centre-branch |title=Saying goodbye to our Civic Centre branch |work=Brampton Public Library |date=2023-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Tania Ulrich |author2=Savara Khokhar |title=First in class: Meet the School of Medicine’s inaugural students |url=https://www.torontomu.ca/news-events/news/2025/06/meet-school-of-medicine-inaugural-class-part-1/ |publisher=Toronto Metropolitan University|access-date=September 10, 2025 |date=June 27, 2025}}</ref>]]

Planned as an innovative "[[new town]]", Bramalea was developed in the 1960s immediately east of the Town of Brampton in Chinguacousy Township. It was Canada's first satellite community developed by one of the country's largest real estate developers, ''Bramalea Limited.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brampton History |url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Culture-Tourism/Tourism-Brampton/Visitors/Pages/BramptonHistory.aspx#:~:text=In%20the%20late%201950s,%20Bramalea,parks,%20commercial%20business%20and%20industry. |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=www.brampton.ca |language=en}}</ref> The name "Bramalea" was created by the farmer William Sheard, who combined "BRAM" from Brampton, "MAL" from Malton (then a neighbouring town which is now part of the city of [[Mississauga]]), and "LEA", an [[Old English]] word meaning meadow or grassland. He sold the land to Brampton Leasing (the former name of the developer) and built one of Bramalea's first houses on Dixie Road.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

The community was developed according to its detailed [[Strategic planning|master plan]], which included provisions for a parkland trail system and a "downtown" to include essential services and a [[shopping centre]].{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} The downtown's centrepiece was the Civic Centre, built in 1972 to include the city hall and library. Directly across Team Canada Drive, a shopping centre, [[Bramalea City Centre]] was built. These developments were connected by a long tunnel, planned to provide protection from winter weather. The tunnel has long since been closed due to safety issues.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

===Region of Peel===
[[File:New City of Brampton 1974.png|thumb|right|The areas of adjacent municipalities (yellow) amalgamated with the Town of Brampton (red) in 1974 to create the present city.]]
 
In 1974, the Ontario provincial government decided to update [[Peel County, Ontario|Peel County]]'s structure. It amalgamated several towns and villages into the new City of Mississauga. In addition, it created the present City of Brampton from the town and the greater portion of the Townships of Chinguacousy and [[Toronto Gore Township, Ontario|Toronto Gore]], and the northern extremity of Mississauga south of [[Steeles Avenue]],<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.bramptonguardian.com/living-story/5763940-brampton-s-historic-churchville-village-turns-200/| work=Pam Douglas |title=Brampton's historic Churchville village turns 200|date=July 28, 2015 |publisher=Brampton Guardian |access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> including Bramalea and the other communities such as [[Churchville, Brampton|Churchville]], Claireville, Ebenezer, Victoria, Springbrook, [[Coleraine, Ontario|Coleraine]], and Huttonville. While only Huttonville and Churchville still exist as identifiable communities, other names like Claireville are re-emerging as names of new developments.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

The province converted Peel County into the [[Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario|Regional Municipality of Peel]]. Brampton retained its role as the administrative centre of Peel Region, which it already had as [[county seat]]. The regional council chamber, the [[Peel Regional Police]] force, the public health department, and the region's only major museum, the [[Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives]], are all located in Brampton.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

This change had its critics among those with a strong sense of local identities. Bramptonians feared urban sprawl would dissolve their town's personality. Bramalea residents took pride in the built-from-scratch and organised structure that had come with their new satellite city and did not want to give it up. Others in Bramalea accept they are part of Brampton, and they make up a "tri-city" area: the original Brampton, Heart Lake, Bramalea.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

In 1972, Chinguacousy built a new civic centre in Bramalea. Two years later, when Brampton and Chinguacousy merged, the new city's council was moved from its modest downtown Brampton locale to the Bramalea building. The library systems of Brampton and Chinguacousy were merged, resulting in a system of four locations.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Some have questioned the [[Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario#The Region's future|future of Peel Region]] as encompassing all of Brampton, Mississauga, and Caledon. The Mississauga council, led by Mayor [[Hazel McCallion]], voted to become a single-tier municipality and asked the provincial government to be separated from Peel Region. They argued the city has outgrown the need for a regional layer of government, and that Mississauga is being held back by supporting Brampton and Caledon with its municipal taxes.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

===Development as a city===
[[File:Brampton City Hall 2021.jpg|thumb|Brampton City Hall along Main Street downtown]]
[[File:Brampton Town Centre Main St 2021.jpg|thumb|The intersection of Main and Queen streets downtown, known as the "Four Corners"]]
[[File:Bramalea City Centre Aerial view in 2022.jpg|thumb|[[Bramalea City Centre]] in [[Bramalea, Ontario|Bramalea]]]]
[[File:Mount Pleasant Village Square in Brampton 2022.jpg|thumb|Mount Pleasant Village Square]]
[[File:10545 Bramalea Rd 2022.jpg|thumb|Springdale]]

In the early 1980s, [[Cineplex Odeon]] closed the Capitol Theatre in Brampton. The City bought the facility in 1981 under the leadership of councillor Diane Sutter. It adapted the former [[vaudeville]] venue and movie house as a performing arts theatre, to be used also as a live music venue. It was renamed the Heritage Theatre. Renovations and maintenance were expensive.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In 1983, Toronto consultants Woods Gordon reported to the City that, rather than continue "pouring money" into the Heritage, they should construct a new 750-seat facility with up-to-date features.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} This recommendation was adopted, and the city designated the 2005–06 season as the Heritage Theatre's "grand finale" season. The city funded construction of the new [[Rose Theatre, Brampton|Rose Theatre]], which opened in September 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 Dec 2023 |title=About The Rose |url=https://tickets.brampton.ca/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=AboutTheRose&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=#:~:text=Brampton's%20own%20Russell%20Peters%20was,gather%2C%20connect%2C%20and%20share. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209190649/https://tickets.brampton.ca/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=AboutTheRose&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id= |archive-date=9 Dec 2023 |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=Rose Theatre Brampton |publisher=Rose Theatre Brampton}}</ref>

Carabram was founded in 1982, the result of volunteers from different ethnic communities wanting to organize a festival celebrating diversity and cross-cultural friendship. The name was loosely related to Toronto's Caravan Festival of Cultures. Carabram's first event featured [[Italy|Italian]], [[Scottish people|Scots]], [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]], and [[West Indian]] pavilions. By 2003, the fair had 18 pavilions attracting 45,000 visitors.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Brampton has grown to become one of the most diverse cities in Canada. In 1996, the city was 13% South Asian and 8.2% black.<ref name="1996census">{{cite web |publisher=Statistics Canada |title=Electronic Area Profiles: Brampton |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |date=October 29, 1998 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census96/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=202027&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=35782&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=1996&THEME=34&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref> By 2016, the South Asian community grew significantly to represent 44.3% of the city's population, while the black population grew to 14%.<ref name="ReferenceB">Census Profile, 2016 Census
Brampton, Ontario, and Peel, Regional Municipality, Ontario</ref> Responding to a growing multi-cultural population, the Peel Board of Education introduced evening [[English language learning and teaching|English as a Second Language]] (ESL) classes at high schools. Originally taught by volunteers, the classes eventually were scheduled as daytime courses taught by paid instructors. In the 1980s, the public and Catholic board expanded its language programs, offering night classes in 23 languages. These were introduced due to requests by parents, who wanted their children to learn their ancestral languages and heritage.

In the late 1980s, Mayor [[Ken Whillans]] gained approval and funding for the construction of [[Brampton City Hall|a new city hall]] in Brampton's downtown. The facility was designed by local architects and built on the site of a former bus terminal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inzola.com/construction/portfolio/brampton-city-hall/ |title=Brampton City Hall |work=Inzola Construction (Portfolio) |access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> Whillians did not get to see the opening of the new hall in June 1991 because of his death in August 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Culture-Tourism/Festivals-and-Events/Brampton-50|website=Brampton.ca|title=Celebrating Brampton's 50th Birthday: ''A Look Back in Time''|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Brampton Guardian |url=https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news/former-brampton-mayor-ken-whillans-remembered-on-25th-anniversary-of-drowning/article_2bb13511-be74-5512-95de-119c2157366c.html |title=Former Brampton mayor Ken Whillans remembered on 25th anniversary of drowning |date=August 24, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2024}}</ref> Its completion brought the municipal government back to downtown Brampton. The facility expanded in 2014 with the addition of a nine-storey tower at 41 George Street and is connected to the original building by a glass walkway called Heritage Way.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brampton.ca/en/City-Hall/SWQ-Renewal/Pages/Welcome.aspx|title=Southwest Quadrant Renewal Plan}}</ref>

In 1991, development of another new town, [[Springdale, Brampton|Springdale]], began. In 1999, development started to appear as far north as the city's border with Caledon along Mayfield Road. The Region designated this border as the line of demarcation for urban development until 2021, although development already began spilling north of Mayfield in the late 2010s.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} Part of the boundary between Brampton and [[Vaughan, Ontario|Vaughan]] is also nearly completely urbanized.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Changes continue to reflect the growth of the city. In 1992 the City purchased the Brampton Fairgrounds, to be used for other development. The Agricultural Society relocated in 1997 outside the boundaries of the city to Heart Lake and Old School roads.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Brampton's 2003 Sesquicentennial celebrations boosted community spirit, reviving the tradition of a summer parade (with 100 floats), and creating other initiatives.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} To commemorate the town's history, the city under Mayor Fennell reintroduced floral projects to the community. These have included more plantings around town, the revival in 2005 of the city Parade, and participation in the Canada [[Communities in Bloom]] project.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

==Cityscape==
[[File:Brampton aerial view in 2021.jpg|center|thumb|800px|{{center|Aerial view of Brampton in 2021}}]]

==Geography and boundaries==
Brampton has a total land area of {{convert|265|sqkm}}. The City of Brampton is bordered by Highway 50 ([[Vaughan]]) to the east, Winston Churchill Boulevard ([[Halton Hills]]) to the west, Mayfield Road ([[Caledon, Ontario|Caledon]]) to the north (except for a small neighbourhood, [[Snelgrove, Ontario|Snelgrove]], which is part of Brampton despite extending slightly north of Mayfield Road), the [[hydro corridor]] ([[Mississauga]]) to the south as far east as Torbram Road, where the border between the two cities follows the [[CN Halton Subdivision]]. It follows the line as far east as the former [[List of roads in Mississauga#Indian Line|Indian Line]] (today a private access road), turns back north along it to briefly border [[Toronto]] ([[Etobicoke]]), towards the intersection of Steeles Ave. and Albion Road/Highway 50.

=== Climate ===
Brampton features a [[continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Dfa'') which is typical of the rest of the Greater Toronto Area.

Data from [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]], located {{cvt|10.55|km}} east.
{{Pearson Airport weatherbox}}

Data is from [[Georgetown, Ontario|Georgetown]], located {{cvt|10.93|km}} south-southwest.
{{Georgetown weatherbox}}

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical populations
|type        = Canada
|align       = right
|width       = 
|state       = 
|shading     = 
|percentages = 
|footnote    = Brampton annexed Chinguacousy—which included the highly populated community of Bramalea—and Toronto Gore Townships in 1974.<br />The 2011 population count was revised in 2016.<ref name="ReferenceA">[[#2016csd|Statistics Canada]]: 2017</ref>
|[[1858 Canadian census|1858]]|50
|[[1871 Canadian census|1871]]|2090
|[[1881 Canadian census|1881]]|2920
|[[1891 Canadian census|1891]]|3252
|[[1901 Canadian census|1901]]|2748
|[[1911 Canadian census|1911]]|3412
|[[1921 Canadian census|1921]]|4527
|[[1931 Canadian census|1931]]|5532
|[[1941 Canadian census|1941]]|5975
|[[1951 Canadian census|1951]]|8389
|[[1961 Canadian census|1961]]|18467
|[[1971 Canadian census|1971]]|41211
|[[1981 Canadian census|1981]]|149030
|[[1991 Canadian census|1991]]|234445
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]|268251
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]|325428
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]|433806
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]|523906
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]|593638
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]|656480
}}

In the [[2021 Canadian census]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Brampton had a population of 656,480 living in 182,472 of its 189,086 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:656480-593638}}|593638|1}} from its 2016 population of 593,638. With a land area of {{cvt|265.89|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|656480|265.89|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021censusb>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 27, 2022}}</ref> At its growth rate of 10.6% since the 2016 census, Brampton was the fastest-growing of Canada's largest 25 municipalities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canada's fastest growing and decreasing municipalities from 2016 to 2021 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/98-200-x/2021001/98-200-x2021001-eng.cfm |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=9 February 2022}}</ref>

=== Ethnicity ===
In the 2021 Canadian census, people of [[South Asian Canadian|South Asian]] origin were the largest ethnocultural group in Brampton—accounting for 52.4% of the population. The remaining groups included those of [[European Canadian|European]] (18.9%), [[Black Canadians|Black]] (13.1%), [[Filipino Canadian|Filipino]] (3.2%), [[Latin American Canadian|Latin American]] (2.1%), [[Southeast Asia]]n (1.4%), [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] (1.1%), [[West Asian Canadians|West Asian]] (1.1%), and [[Arab Canadians|Arab]] (1%) ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Brampton, City (CY) [Census subdivision], Ontario |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=brampton&DGUIDlist=2021A00053521010&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=9 February 2022}}</ref>  The city is very ethnically diverse with approximately 60% of Brampton's residents being [[Foreign born|foreign-born]].<ref name="Brampton2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Brampton, City (CY) Ontario [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Brampton&DGUIDlist=2021A00053521010&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Brampton (1996−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Brampton&DGUIDlist=2021A00053521010&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3521010&Geo2=CD&Code2=3521&SearchText=Brampton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3521010&Data=Count&SearchText=Brampton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-08-20 |title= 2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3521010&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Brampton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= 2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3521010&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Brampton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1996<ref name="1996census"/>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 340,815
| {{Percentage | 340815 | 650165 | 2 }}
| 261,705
| {{Percentage | 261705 | 590950 | 2 }}
| 200,220
| {{Percentage | 200220 | 521315 | 2 }}
| 136,750
| {{Percentage | 136750 | 431575 | 2 }}
| 63,205
| {{Percentage | 63205 | 324390 | 2 }}
| 34,720
| {{Percentage | 34720 | 267170 | 2 }}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name="euro"}}
| 123,060
| {{Percentage | 123060 | 650165 | 2 }}
| 153,390
| {{Percentage | 153390 | 590950 | 2 }}
| 171,655
| {{Percentage | 171655 | 521315 | 2 }}
| 182,760
| {{Percentage | 182760 | 431575 | 2 }}
| 192,395
| {{Percentage | 192395 | 324390 | 2 }}
| 186,270
| {{Percentage | 186270 | 267170 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|Black]]
| 85,310
| {{Percentage | 85310 | 650165 | 2 }}
| 82,175
| {{Percentage | 82175 | 590950 | 2 }}
| 70,290
| {{Percentage | 70290 | 521315 | 2 }}
| 53,340
| {{Percentage | 53340 | 431575 | 2 }}
| 32,070
| {{Percentage | 32070 | 324390 | 2 }}
| 21,810
| {{Percentage | 21810 | 267170 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name="SoutheastAsian"}}
| 30,155
| {{Percentage | 30155 | 650165 | 2 }}
| 28,525
| {{Percentage | 28525 | 590950 | 2 }}
| 26,535
| {{Percentage | 26535 | 521315 | 2 }}
| 18,110
| {{Percentage | 18110 | 431575 | 2 }}
| 9,970
| {{Percentage | 9970 | 324390 | 2 }}
| 6,990
| {{Percentage | 6990 | 267170 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name="MiddleEastern"}}
| 13,715
| {{Percentage | 13715 | 650165 | 2 }}
| 11,320
| {{Percentage | 11320 | 590950 | 2 }}
| 7,610
| {{Percentage | 7610 | 521315 | 2 }}
| 5,475
| {{Percentage | 5475 | 431575 | 2 }}
| 2,935
| {{Percentage | 2935 | 324390 | 2 }}
| 1,995
| {{Percentage | 1995 | 267170 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 13,490
| {{Percentage | 13490 | 650165 | 2 }}
| 14,045
| {{Percentage | 14045 | 590950 | 2 }}
| 11,405
| {{Percentage | 11405 | 521315 | 2 }}
| 8,545
| {{Percentage | 8545 | 431575 | 2 }}
| 5,225
| {{Percentage | 5225 | 324390 | 2 }}
| 2,595
| {{Percentage | 2595 | 267170 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name="EastAsian"}}
| 8,000
| {{Percentage | 8000 | 650165 | 2 }}
| 9,915
| {{Percentage | 9915 | 590950 | 2 }}
| 9,235
| {{Percentage | 9235 | 521315 | 2 }}
| 8,930
| {{Percentage | 8930 | 431575 | 2 }}
| 6,595
| {{Percentage | 6595 | 324390 | 2 }}
| 6,100
| {{Percentage | 6100 | 267170 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 3,255
| {{Percentage | 3255 | 650165 | 2 }}
| 4,330
| {{Percentage | 4330 | 590950 | 2 }}
| 3,430
| {{Percentage | 3430 | 521315 | 2 }}
| 2,665
| {{Percentage | 2665 | 431575 | 2 }}
| 1,720
| {{Percentage | 1720 | 324390 | 2 }}
| 950
| {{Percentage | 950 | 267170 | 2 }}
|-
| Other/[[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name="Other"}}
| 32,370
| {{Percentage | 32370 | 650165 | 2 }}
| 25,535
| {{Percentage | 25535 | 590950 | 2 }}
| 20,940
| {{Percentage | 20940 | 521315 | 2 }}
| 14,995
| {{Percentage | 14995 | 431575 | 2 }}
| 10,290
| {{Percentage | 10290 | 324390 | 2 }}
| 5,740
| {{Percentage | 5740 | 267170 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 650,165
! {{Percentage | 650165 | 656480 | 2 }}
! 590,950
! {{Percentage | 590950 | 593638 | 2 }}
! 521,315
! {{Percentage | 521315 | 523911 | 2 }}
! 431,575
! {{Percentage | 431575 | 433806 | 2 }}
! 324,390
! {{Percentage | 324390 | 325428 | 2 }}
! 267,170
! {{Percentage | 267170 | 268251 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 656,480
! {{Percentage | 656480 | 656480 | 2 }}
! 593,638
! {{Percentage | 593638 | 593638 | 2 }}
! 523,911
! {{Percentage | 523911 | 523911 | 2 }}
! 433,806
! {{Percentage | 433806 | 433806 | 2 }}
! 325,428
! {{Percentage | 325428 | 325428 | 2 }}
! 268,251
! {{Percentage | 268251 | 268251 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}
{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Religion in Brampton (2021)<ref name="BramptonCityReligion2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Brampton, City (CY) Ontario [Census subdivision] Religion |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=brampton&DGUIDlist=2021A00053521010&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 }}</ref>|label1=[[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]]|value1=35.7|color1=dodgerblue|label2=[[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]]|value2=25.1|color2=#e9ce1e|label3=[[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]]|value3=18.1|color3=coral|label4=[[Irreligion in Canada|No Religion]]|value4=10.3|color4=honeydew|label5=[[Islam in Canada|Islam]]|value5=9.1|color5=green|label6=[[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]]|value6=1.1|color6=aqua|label7=[[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]]|value7=0.1|color7=darkkhaki|label8=[[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous]]|value8=0.0|color8=deeppink|label9=Other Religions|value9=0.4|color9=darkorchid}}

=== Religion ===
In 2021, the most reported religion among the population was [[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]] (35.7%), with [[Catholicism in Canada|Catholicism]] (17.3%) making up the largest denomination. This was followed by [[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]] (25.1%), [[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]] (18.1%), [[Islam in Canada|Islam]] (9.1%), and [[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]] (1.1%). 10.3% of the population [[Irreligion in Canada|did not identify with a particular religion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Brampton, City (CY) [Census subdivision], Ontario |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=brampton&DGUIDlist=2021A00053521010&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=9 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 
|title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Surrey, City (CY) British Columbia [Census subdivision] Total - Religion for the population in private households - 25% sample data |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915004&HEADERlist=32&SearchText=surrey |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 
|title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Abbotsford, City (CY) British Columbia [Census subdivision] Total - Religion for the population in private households - 25% sample data |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=abbotsford&DGUIDlist=2021A00055909052&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0|access-date=2022-10-31 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 
|title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Toronto, City (C) Ontario [Census subdivision] Total - Religion for the population in private households - 25% sample data |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00053520005&SearchText=toronto|access-date=2022-10-31 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> The [[Toronto Ontario Temple]] for [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) is located in Brampton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Toronto Ontario Temple|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/list?lang=eng|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Religion in Canada|Religious]] groups in the City of Brampton (1991−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in Canada|Religious]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]<ref name="2021censusB"/>
! colspan="2" |[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]<ref name="2011census"/>
! colspan="2" |[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]<ref name="2001census"/>
! colspan="2" |[[1991 Canadian census|1991]]<ref name="1991census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada  |title= 1991 Census of Canada: Census Area Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census91/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=33333&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=30&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1991&THEME=113&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0|access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[File:Gold_Christian_Cross_no_Red.svg|26x26px]] [[Christianity in Canada|Christian]]
| 232,220
| {{Percentage | 232,220| 650,165	| 2 }}
|  263,385
| {{Percentage |  263,385|  521,315| 2 }}
| 219,880
| {{Percentage | 219880|  324,390| 2 }}
| 185,780
| {{Percentage | 185780| 233,460| 2 }}
|-
| [[File:Khanda.svg|24x24px]] [[Sikhism in Canada|Sikh]]
|  163,260
| {{Percentage |  163,260	| 650,165	| 2 }}
|   97,790
| {{Percentage |   97,790	|  521,315| 2 }}
|  34,510
| {{Percentage |  34,510|  324,390| 2 }}
|  8,630
| {{Percentage |  8,630| 233,460| 2 }}
|-
| [[File:Om.svg|21x21px]] [[Hinduism in Canada|Hindu]]
|  117,395
| {{Percentage |  117,395	| 650,165	| 2 }}
|   63,390
| {{Percentage |   63,390|  521,315| 2 }}
|  17,640
| {{Percentage |  17,640|  324,390| 2 }}
|  6,415
| {{Percentage |  6,415| 233,460| 2 }}
|-
| [[File:Star_and_Crescent.svg|20x20px]] [[Islam in Canada|Muslim]]
| 59,445
| {{Percentage | 59,445	| 650,165	| 2 }}
|   36,960
| {{Percentage |   36,960	|  521,315| 2 }}
|  11,470
| {{Percentage |  11,470|  324,390| 2 }}
|  4,660
| {{Percentage |  4,660| 233,460| 2 }}
|-
| [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|20x20px]] [[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhist]]
|  7,105
| {{Percentage |  7,105	| 650,165	| 2 }}
|   6,715
| {{Percentage |   6,715 |  521,315| 2 }}
|  3,340
| {{Percentage |  3,340|  324,390| 2 }}
|  1,290
| {{Percentage |  1,290| 233,460| 2 }}
|-
| [[File:Star_of_David.svg|23x23px]] [[Judaism in Canada|Jewish]]
|   535
| {{Percentage |  535| 650,165	| 2 }}
|   830
| {{Percentage |   830|  521,315| 2 }}
|  610
| {{Percentage |  610|  324,390| 2 }}
|  805
| {{Percentage |  805| 233,460| 2 }}
|-
| [[Religion in Canada|Other religion]]
|  2,940
| {{Percentage |  2,940| 650,165	| 2 }}
|  1,340
| {{Percentage |  1,340|  521,315| 2 }}
| 930
| {{Percentage | 930|  324,390| 2 }}
|  440
| {{Percentage |  440| 233,460| 2 }}
|-
| [[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligious]]
| 67,265
| {{Percentage | 67,265| 650,165	| 2 }}
|   50,885
| {{Percentage |   50,885|  521,315| 2 }}
|  36,010
| {{Percentage |  36,010|  324,390| 2 }}
|  25,435
| {{Percentage |  25,435| 233,460| 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 650,165
! {{Percentage | 650,165	| 656,480| 2 }}
! 521,315
! {{Percentage | 521,315| 523911 | 2 }}
! 324,390
! {{Percentage | 324,390| 325,428	| 2 }}
! 233,460
! {{Percentage | 233,460|  234,445| 2 }}
|-
|}

=== Language ===
The 2021 census found that [[English language|English]] was the [[primary language|mother tongue]] of 42.9% of the population. The next most common mother tongues were [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] (21.7%), [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] (3.4%), [[Urdu]] (3.4%), [[Hindi]] (3%), and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] (2.2%). The most commonly known languages were [[English language|English]] (95.1%), [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] (29.1%), [[Hindi]] (17.5%), [[Urdu]] (6%), [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] (4.7%), and [[French language|French]] (4.6%).<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Brampton, City (CY) [Census subdivision], Ontario |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=brampton&DGUIDlist=2021A00053521010&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=9 February 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
|- 
! Mother tongue
! Population
! {{Abbr|%|Percentage}}
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 279,415
| 42.9
|-
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| 141,005
| 21.7
|-
| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| 22,000 
| 3.4
|- 
| [[Urdu]]
| 21,945
| 3.4
|-
| [[Hindi]]
| 19,645
| 3
|- 
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| 14,030
| 2.2
|-
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| 10,185 
| 1.6
|- 
| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog (Filipino)]]
| 9,905
| 1.5
|-
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| 8,640 
| 1.3
|- 
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| 5,430
| 0.8
|- 
| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
| 4,230
| 0.6
|- 
| [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
| 4,100
| 0.6
|- 
| [[Malayalam]]
| 3,930
| 0.6
|-
| [[French language|French]]
| 3,810
| 0.6
|- 
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| 3,430
| 0.5
|- 
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| 3,060
| 0.5
|-
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| 2,920
| 0.4
|- 
| [[Cantonese|Yue (Cantonese)]]
| 2,775
| 0.4
|- 
| [[Akan language|Akan (Twi)]]
| 2,530
| 0.4
|- 
| [[Dari]]
| 2,305
| 0.4
|- 
| [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]
| 2,195
| 0.3
|- 
| [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
| 1,945
| 0.3
|- 
| [[Suret language|Assyrian Neo-Aramaic]]
| 1,940
| 0.3
|- 
| [[Sinhala language|Sinhala (Sinhalese)]]
| 1,555
| 0.2
|- 
| [[Serbo-Croatian]]
| 1,385
| 0.2
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;"
|-
! Knowledge of Language
! Population
! {{Abbr|%|Percentage}}
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| 618,060
| 95.1
|- 
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| 189,235
| 29.1
|- 
| [[Hindi]]
| 113,515
| 17.5
|- 
| [[Urdu]]
| 38,725
| 6
|- 
| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| 30,310
| 4.7
|- 
| [[French language|French]]
| 30,010
| 4.6
|- 
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| 21,475
| 3.3
|- 
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| 15,395
| 2.4
|- 
| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog (Filipino)]]
| 14,925
| 2.3
|- 
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| 11,765
| 1.8
|- 
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| 8,905
| 1.4
|- 
| [[Arabic]]
| 8,475
| 1.3
|- 
| [[Malayalam]]
| 6,090
| 0.9
|- 
| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
| 6,030
| 0.9
|- 
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| 5,540
| 0.9
|- 
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| 5,080
| 0.8
|- 
| [[Akan language|Akan (Twi)]]
| 4,555
| 0.7
|- 
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| 4,150
| 0.6
|- 
| [[Cantonese|Yue (Cantonese)]]
| 3,680
| 0.6
|- 
| [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]
| 3,660
| 0.6
|- 
| [[Dari]]
| 3,350
| 0.5
|- 
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| 3,185
| 0.5
|- 
| [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]]
| 3,050
| 0.5
|-
| [[Sinhala language|Sinhala (Sinhalese)]]
| 2,540
| 0.4
|- 
| [[Suret language|Assyrian Neo-Aramaic]]
| 2,440
| 0.4
|}
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==Economy==
Companies with headquarters in Brampton include [[MDA Space Missions]], which will be building the CanadaArm 3. [[Loblaw Companies Ltd.]],<ref name="Brampton's Top Employers">{{cite web |title=Brampton's Top Employers |url=http://www.brampton.ca/EN/Business/economic-development/Research-and-Data/Pages/Top-Employers.aspx |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> [[Brampton Assembly|Chrysler Canada Brampton Assembly Plant]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Brampton Assembly Plant and Brampton Satellite Stamping Plant |url=http://media.fcanorthamerica.com/newsrelease.do?id=332&mid=105 |website=Fiat Chrysler Automobiles |publisher=FCA US LLC |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> [[Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Dynacare - Head Office, Brampton |url=http://www.torontocentralhealthline.ca/displayservice.aspx?id=60812 |website=Toronto Central Healthline |publisher=Central West Local Health Integration Network |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> [[Mandarin Restaurant]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.mandarinrestaurant.com/contact-us/ |website=Mandarin |date=19 December 2018 |publisher=Mandarin Restaurant Franchise Corporation |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref> [[Brita (company)|Brita]], [[Shoppers Drug Mart]], [[Canon Inc.|Canon]], [[Canadian Blood Services]], [[Sleep Country Canada]] and [[Clorox]].

Other major companies operating in Brampton include, [[Boston Scientific]], [[DSV (company)|DSV]], [[Air Canada]] Global Operations, [[Rogers Communications]], [[Magna International]], CN Rail Brampton Intermodal Terminal,<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian National Railway |url=https://content.eluta.ca/top-employer-cn |website=Canada's Top 100 Employers |publisher=Mediacorp Canada Inc |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> [[Best Buy]],<ref>{{cite web |title=3 Best Buy Stores in Brampton, Ontario |url=https://stores.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/on/brampton |website=Best Buy |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] which has four production facilities in the city,<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon's Brampton distribution centre hiring seasonal workers |url=https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/7677564-amazon-s-brampton-distribution-centre-hiring-seasonal-workers/ |website=Brampton Guardian |date=23 October 2017 |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> [[Nestlé]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Nestle in Canada |url=https://www.corporate.nestle.ca/en/ask-nestle/documents/nestle%20-%20fact%20sheet%20(sept.%202016).pdf |website=Nestle |access-date=6 August 2018 |archive-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128042704/https://www.corporate.nestle.ca/en/ask-nestle/documents/nestle%20-%20fact%20sheet%20(sept.%202016).pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Hudson's Bay Company]] (HBC),<ref>{{cite web |title=Hudson's Bay Brampton Bramalea City Centre |url=https://locations.thebay.com/en-ca/hudsons-bay-bramalea |website=Hudson's Bay |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> [[Frito-Lay|Frito Lay Canada]], [[Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]],<ref>{{cite web |title=MDA Locations |url=https://mdacorporation.com/corporate/contact_us/canada-locations/brampton-on |website=MDA |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> and [[Canadian Tire]] which has two distribution facilities in the city.

[[William Osler Health System]] employs approximately 5,000 at its Brampton Civic and Peel Memorial campuses.  

[[Lululemon]], and [[Pet Valu]] have their main GTA distribution centres in the city. Wolseley Plumbing built a distribution Center and showroom in Brampton in 2024.

[[Alstom]] has an assembly plant in Brampton to fulfil their contract with [[Metrolinx]] to build [[Alstom Citadis Spirit]] LRV cars for the TTC [[Line 6 Finch West|Finch West]] (ordered in 2017 with delivery beginning 2021 to be completed by 2023), [[Hurontario LRT|Hurontario]] and [[Line 5 Eglinton|Eglinton]] LRT lines. The Hurontario LRT maintenance facility is currently being built in Brampton.

It is also the location of the [[Canadian Forces]] [[Military reserve force|Army Reserve]] unit [[The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) |url=http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/lorne-scots/index.page |website=Canadian Army |date=24 June 2013 |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref>

An [[automobile]] manufacturing facility was opened by [[American Motors]] (AMC) in 1960 as the Brampton Assembly Plant. In 1986, AMC developed a new, state-of-the-art operation at Bramalea. After AMC was acquired by [[Chrysler]] in 1987, AMC's Canadian division and its plants were absorbed; the older facility in Brampton closed in 1992. The newest factory was renamed [[Brampton Assembly]]; it is one of the city's largest employers, with almost 4,000 workers when running at capacity.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McAleer |first1=Brendan |title=Made in Canada: A look at the long history of Canadian cars and the people who build them |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/culture/article-cars-made-in-canada-tk/ |website=The Globe and Mail |date=28 June 2018 |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref>

==Education==
The [[Algoma University#Algoma at Brampton|Algoma University at Brampton]] School of Business & Economics offers courses at Market Square Business Centre, 24 Queen Street East.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.algomau.ca/academics/offsite-programming/algoma-at-brampton/|date=19 April 2018 |title=Brampton Campus|publisher=Algoma University}}</ref> The closest universities to Brampton (offering a wider range of programs) include [[York University]] in north Toronto and [[University of Toronto Mississauga]].

Along with that, [[Sheridan College]]'s Davis Campus is another major public higher education institution serving Brampton which also has campuses in [[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]] and [[Mississauga]]. In 2017, Davis added the Skilled Trades Centre, for training in skilled trades and apprenticeship programs, previously offered in Oakville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheridancollege.ca/about/campus-locations/davis.aspx|date=19 April 2018 |title=Sheridan - Davis Campus |publisher=Sheridan College}}</ref>

A plan by [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]], in partnership with [[Sheridan College]] was to establish a new campus in Brampton with a goal of opening in 2022 with $90 million in funding offered by the provincial government in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ryerson.ca/news-events/news/2018/04/ryerson-university-to-open-new-campus-in-brampton/|date=19 April 2018 |title=Ryerson University to open new campus in Brampton |publisher=Ryerson University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/04/19/site-revealed-for-new-ryerson-university-campus-in-brampton.html|title=Site revealed for new Ryerson University campus in Brampton |work=The Star |access-date=2018-04-20|language=en}}</ref> On 23 October 2018 however, the new Provincial government (elected in June) withdrew the funding for plans such as this, effectively cancelling the project.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/ontario-government-broke-promise-to-fund-post-secondary-campuses-ndp|date=23 October 2018 |title=Ontario government broke promise to fund post-secondary campuses |work=[[National Post]]}}</ref> In 2022, the university, now renamed as Toronto Metropolitan, announced plans to open a medical school in Brampton.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rumbolt |first1=Ryan |title=Will Brampton's Ryerson School of Medicine be renamed Toronto Metropolitan University? |url=https://www.insauga.com/brampton-ryerson-school-of-medicine-could-be-renamed-before-its-built/ |access-date=30 April 2022 |work=insauga |date=27 April 2022 |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427171252/https://www.insauga.com/brampton-ryerson-school-of-medicine-could-be-renamed-before-its-built/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insauga.com/bramptons-bramalea-civic-centre-will-be-home-to-ontarios-newest-medical-school/|title=Brampton's Bramalea Civic Centre will be home to Ontario's newest medical school|website=Insauga|date=January 27, 2023|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326165850/https://www.insauga.com/bramptons-bramalea-civic-centre-will-be-home-to-ontarios-newest-medical-school/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Brampton City Council]] gifted the university the [[Brampton City Hall#List of former Town Halls and Civic Centres|Bramalea Civic Centre]] and most of the land it resides for this purpose.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news/busy-brampton-library-branch-displaced-by-tmu-medical-school-moving-to-much-smaller-location/article_75969966-0e20-53e2-80d7-d0580af92408.html|title=Busy Brampton library branch displaced by TMU medical school moving to much smaller location|date=6 April 2023|access-date=30 March 2024|website=www.bramptonguardian.com|publisher=Metroland Media Group|archive-date=March 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330183039/https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news/busy-brampton-library-branch-displaced-by-tmu-medical-school-moving-to-much-smaller-location/article_75969966-0e20-53e2-80d7-d0580af92408.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Brampton also has many private post-secondary institutions offering vocational training including Springfield College Brampton, [[CDI College]], [[TriOS College]], Academy of Learning, Evergreen [[Evergreen College (Canada)|College]], [[Westervelt College|Medix College]], CIMT College, Torbram College, Bitts International Career College, Canadian College of Business, Science & Technology, Hanson College, Queenswood College B, H & T, Flair College of Management and Technology, Sunview College, and College Of Health Studies.

Two main school boards operate in Brampton: the [[Peel District School Board]], which operates secular [[English language|anglophone]] public schools, and [[Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board]], which operates Catholic anglophone public schools. Under the Peel District School Board, the secondary schools are [[Bramalea Secondary School|Bramalea]], [[Brampton Centennial Secondary School|Brampton Centennial]], [[Central Peel Secondary School|Central Peel]], [[Chinguacousy Secondary School|Chinguacousy]], [[Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School|Fletcher's Meadow]], [[Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School|Harold M. Brathwaite]], [[Heart Lake Secondary School|Heart Lake]], [[Louise Arbour Secondary School|Louise Arbour]], [[Mayfield Secondary School|Mayfield]], [[North Park Secondary School|North Park]], [[Judith Nyman Secondary School|Judith Nyman]], [[Sandalwood Heights Secondary School|Sandalwood Heights]], [[Turner Fenton Secondary School|Turner Fenton]], [[David Suzuki Secondary School|David Suzuki]], Castlebrooke Secondary School, and Jean Augustine, one of the newest. A total of 85 elementary and middle schools feed these high schools in the city.

Under the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, the secondary schools are [[Cardinal Leger Secondary School|Cardinal Leger]], [[Holy Name of Mary Secondary School|Holy Name of Mary]], [[Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (Brampton)|Notre Dame]], [[St. Augustine Catholic Secondary School|St. Augustine]], [[St. Edmund Campion Secondary School|St. Edmund Campion]], St. Roch, [[St. Marguerite d'Youville Secondary School|St. Marguerite d'Youville]], [[St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School (Brampton)|St. Thomas Aquinas]], and [[Cardinal Ambrozic Secondary School|Cardinal Ambrozic]]. A total of 44 Catholic elementary and middle schools feed these high schools in the city.

The ''[[Conseil scolaire Viamonde]]'' operates secular Francophone schools serving the area. The ''[[Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir]]'' operates Catholic Francophone schools serving the area.

==Culture==
[[File:Rose Theatre Fountain.jpg|thumb|The Rose Theatre Fountain Stage]]
[[File:BramptonGardenSquare.png|thumb|[[LCD]] video screen at Garden Square, downtown]] 
[[File:Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives Building (PAMA).jpg|thumb|Peel Art Gallery, Museum, Archives building, formerly the Peel County Court House]]
Several cultural entities in the city operate under the umbrella of the [[Brampton Arts Council]]. Located in the city is the [[Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives]] (PAMA, formerly the Peel Heritage Complex), which is run by the Region of Peel.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Home - Peel Art Gallery Museum + Archives|url = http://m.pama.peelregion.ca/en/index.asp|website = m.pama.peelregion.ca|access-date = 2015-10-03|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151004163825/http://m.pama.peelregion.ca/en/index.asp|archive-date = 2015-10-04}}</ref>

The [[Rose Theatre, Brampton|Rose Theatre]] (originally the Brampton Performing Arts Centre), opened in September 2006. The city had expected the facility to generate $2.7 million in economic activity the first year, growing to $19.8 million by the fifth year.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} The Rose Theatre far surpassed projections, attracting more than 137,000 patrons in its inaugural year, which exceeded its five-year goal.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} The arrival of so many new patrons downtown has stimulated the development of numerous new businesses nearby. A new Fountain Stage was unveiled in June 2008 at the nearby Garden Square.

Brampton has eight library branches to serve its population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Branches |url=https://www.bramptonlibrary.ca/your-library/branches |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Brampton Public Library |language=EN}}</ref>

Festivals in the city include the annual [[Festival of Literary Diversity]], a literary festival devoted to writers from underrepresented groups such as people of colour and LGBTQ writers.<ref>Deborah Dundas, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2019/04/30/bramptons-book-fest-fold-offers-authors-but-also-workshops-and-dancing.html "Brampton's book fest The FOLD offers authors but also workshops and dancing"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', April 30, 2019.</ref>

The [[Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives]] (PAMA) in Brampton includes a museum, art gallery, and archives. Since opening in 1968, the art gallery section (previously known as the Art Gallery of Peel) has exhibited local, national, and international artists, both contemporary and historical from their permanent collection.

The City of Brampton's long-standing heritage conservation program was recognised with the 2011 Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Community Leadership. In 2010, the city received an 'honourable mention' under the same provincial awards program.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

===Sites of interest===
[[File:Professor's Lake 2022.jpg|thumb|[[Professor's Lake]]]]
* [[Gage Park, Brampton|Gage Park]]
* [[CAA Centre]]
* [[Camp Naivelt]]
* [[Chinguacousy Park]]-Greenhouse and gardens
* Mount Chinguacousy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/Community-Centres/DMG-Chinguacousy-Park/Mount-Chinguacousy/Pages/Welcome.aspx/|title=Mount Chinguacousy|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-date=March 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317053401/http://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/Community-Centres/DMG-Chinguacousy-Park/Mount-Chinguacousy/Pages/Welcome.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Claireville Conservation Area]]
* [[Heart Lake Conservation Area]]
* Brampton Historical Society<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bramptonhistoricalsociety.com/|title=Brampton Historical Society|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222903/http://www.bramptonhistoricalsociety.com/|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Historic Bovaird House<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bovairdhouse.ca/|title=Historic Bovaird House-Home Page|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910101637/http://www.bovairdhouse.ca/|archive-date=2016-09-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Korean War Memorial Wall (Canada)]]
* [[Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives]]
* [[Professor's Lake]]
* Rose Theatre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brampton.ca/sites/rose-theatre/en/Pages/welcome.aspx|title=Welcome to the Rose Theatre|access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref>
* Lester B. Pearson Theatre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brampton.ca/sites/Rose-Theatre/EN/Brampton-Theatres/Pages/Lester-B--Pearson-Venue-Photos.aspx|title= LESTER B. PEARSON THEATRE|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[Wet'n'Wild Toronto]]

Major shopping areas include [[Bramalea City Centre]], [[Shoppers World, Brampton|Shoppers World]], and "big box centre" [[Trinity Commons]]. The downtown area has some retail; the Centennial Mall and the [[Brampton Mall]] are also of note.

===Media===
{{main|Media in Peel}}
Brampton was one of the first areas where [[Rogers Cable]] offered its service. The city started a community access channel in the 1970s, which still operates. While some programs on the channel are produced in its Brampton studios, most are based in its Mississauga location. Christian specialty channel [[Vertical TV]] is based in Brampton.

''[[The Brampton Guardian]]'' is the community's only newspaper, starting as the ''Bramalea Guardian'' in 1964. The city's first newspaper, ''The Daily Times'', ceased publication in the early 1980s. For a little over a year, ''The Brampton Bulletin'' attempted to challenge the ''Guardian'', but it was dismantled after a series of editor changes.

Brampton is the official [[city of license]] for two radio stations, [[CHLO (AM)|CHLO]] and [[CFNY-FM|CFNY]]. Both stations address their programming toward the entire [[Greater Toronto Area]] rather than exclusively to Brampton. CFNY was located upstairs at 83 Kennedy Road until moving to Toronto in 1996.

===Sports and recreation===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Sports teams of Brampton<!-- sorted by date established -->
|-
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | League
! scope="col" | Sport
! scope="col" | Venue
! scope="col" | Established
! scope="col" | Disestablished
! scope="col" | Championships
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 
[[Brampton Honey Badgers]]
| [[Canadian Elite Basketball League]]
| Basketball 
| [[CAA Centre]]
| 2019*
| 
| 1
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton A's]]
| [[National Basketball League of Canada]]
| Basketball
| CAA Centre
| 2013
| 2015
| 0
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton Admirals]]
| [[Ontario Junior Hockey League]]
| Hockey
| Brampton Memorial Arena
| 2018
| 2021
| 0
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton Battalion]]
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]]
| Hockey
| CAA Centre
| 1998
| 2013
| 0
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton Beast]]
| [[ECHL]]
| Hockey
| CAA Centre
| 2013
| 2021
| 0
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Bramalea Blues]]
| [[Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League]]
| Hockey
| CAA Centre
| 1972
| 2010
| 1
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton Bombers]]
| [[Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League]]
| Hockey
| Brampton Memorial Arena
| 2012
| 2020
| 0
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton Thunder]]
| [[Canadian Women's Hockey League]]
| Hockey
| CAA Centre
| 1999
| 2017
| 0
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton Capitals]]
| [[Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League]]
| Hockey
| Brampton Memorial Arena
| 1984
| 2012
| 4
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton Excelsiors (MSL)|Brampton Excelsiors]]
| [[Major Series Lacrosse]] Senior "A" Lacrosse League.
| [[Box lacrosse|Box Lacrosse]]
| CAA Centre
| 1912
| 
| 30
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton Excelsiors Jr. A|Junior Excelsiors]]
| [[OLA Junior A Lacrosse League]]
| [[Box lacrosse|Box Lacrosse]]
| Brampton Memorial Arena
| 1971
| 
| 4
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton Excelsiors Jr. B|Junior "b" Excelsiors]]
| [[Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League|OLA Junior B Lacrosse League]]
| [[Box lacrosse|Box Lacrosse]]
| Victoria Park Arena
| 2012
|
|0
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Bramalea Satellites]]
| [[Northern Football Conference]]
| Football
| 
| 1974
| 1975
| 
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton City United FC]]
| [[Canadian Soccer League]], First Division
| Soccer
| [[Victoria Park Stadium]]
| [[2002 Canadian Professional Soccer League season|2002]]
| [[2016 Canadian Soccer League season|2016]]
| 1
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | [[Brampton Wolves]]
| [[Global T20 Canada]]
| Cricket
| CAA Centre
| 2019
| 
| 1
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 
[[Brampton Steelheads]]
| [[Ontario Hockey League]]
| Ice Hockey
| CAA Centre
| 1996*
| 
| 0
|}
*The Honey Badgers relocated from Hamilton for the 2023 season.
*The Steelheads relocated from Mississauga for the 2024–25 season.
Brampton has been home to minor professional sports franchises at the [[CAA Centre]], formerly the Powerade Centre. From 2013 to 2015, the [[Brampton A's]] played in the [[National Basketball League of Canada]], but relocated to [[Orangeville, Ontario]], to decrease costs of operations of switching the arena floor from ice hockey to basketball. From 2013 to 2020, the [[Brampton Beast]] played in the [[Central Hockey League]] and [[ECHL]], but ceased operations during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in February 2021 after having not been able to play since March 2020.

The numerous sporting venues and activities includes the outdoor ice path for [[ice skating|skating]] through [[Gage Park, Brampton|Gage Park]]. [[Chinguacousy Park]] includes a [[ski lift]], a [[curling]] club, and Tennis Centre for multi-season activities. In the summer, amateur [[softball]] leagues abound. Crowds line the beaches at [[Professor's Lake]] for the annual outdoor "shagging" display.

Since 1967, the Brampton Canadettes have hosted the annual [[Brampton Canadettes Easter Tournament]] in hockey.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Proud Canadian Womens Hockey History |url=https://bramptoncanadettes.com/Pages/1319/History/ |publisher=Brampton Canadettes Girls Hockey Association |access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref>

Brampton was also the host for the following major sports events:
* [[U-18 Women's Softball World Cup|2013 Junior Women's Softball World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |title=WBSC Softball World Cups 2021 - 2029 |url=https://www.wbsc.org/softball-events-overview |website=World Baseball Softball Confederation |access-date=13 December 2021 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225105602/https://www.wbsc.org/softball-events-overview |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[2023 IIHF Women's World Championship]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 IIHF Women's World Championship To Be Played In Brampton |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2023-iihf-womens-world-championship-to-be-played-in-brampton |website=Hockey Canada |access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref>
* 2023 [[World Junior Girls Golf Championship]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf Canada announces three future sites for World Junior Girls Golf Championship |url=https://www.golfcanada.ca/articles/golf-canada-announces-three-future-sites-for-world-junior-girls-golf-championship/ |website=Golf Canada |date=October 11, 2023 |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==

===Health and medicine===
{{main|Brampton Civic Hospital|Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness}}

[[William Osler Health System]] operates two health facilities in the city.

===Courts===
The [[A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse|A. Grenville & William Davis Courthouse]] which houses branches for the [[Ontario Court of Justice]] and the [[Ontario Superior Court of Justice]], is located at 7755 Hurontario Street (Hurontario Street at County Court).

==Transportation==

===Public transit===
{{main|Brampton Transit|GO Transit}}
[[File:Brampton Transit Nova LFS 0601.jpg|thumb|Brampton Transit bus at the now-relocated [[Bramalea City Centre]] Terminal]]

Local transit is provided by [[Brampton Transit]], with connections to other systems such as [[MiWay]], [[York Region Transit]], [[GO Transit]], and [[Toronto Transit Commission]]. Brampton Transit also operates a [[bus rapid transit]] system, "Züm" (pronounced Zoom), along [[Hurontario Street|Main/Hurontario Streets]], [[Steeles Avenue]], Queen Street/[[List of numbered roads in York Region|Highway 7]], Bovaird Drive–Airport Road, and Queen Street West–Mississauga Road, which form the backbone to its bus network.

There is GO Bus service to [[York University]] and subway stations at Yorkdale Mall and York Mills in Toronto. There are three GO Train stations in Brampton along the [[Kitchener line]]: Bramalea, Brampton and Mount Pleasant.

===Rail===
Both [[Canadian National Railway]] (CN) and the [[Orangeville-Brampton Railway]] [[Shortline railroad|short line]] (formerly part of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] (CP) line) run through the city. CN's Intermodal Yards are located east of [[Airport Road, Ontario|Airport Road]] between Steeles and Queen Street East. The CN Track from Toronto's [[Union Station, Toronto|Union Station]] is used by the [[Kitchener line|Kitchener GO Transit Rail Corridor]] providing commuter rail to and from Toronto with rail station stops at [[Bramalea GO Station|Bramalea]], [[Brampton GO Station|Downtown Brampton]], and [[Mount Pleasant GO Station|Mount Pleasant]]. [[Via Rail]] connects through Brampton as part of the [[Quebec City-Windsor Corridor]].

===Air===
Canada's busiest airport, [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] (CYYZ), is located near Brampton, in [[Mississauga, Ontario|Mississauga]].<ref>[http://www.gtaa.com/Index.aspx?Sid=Node1/Node1.3/Node1.3.1&Tpl=1 Greater Toronto Airports Authority draft plan for Pickering Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025115923/http://www.gtaa.com/Index.aspx?Sid=Node1%2FNode1.3%2FNode1.3.1&tpl=1 |date=2006-10-25 }}, [[Greater Toronto Airports Authority]] (2003). Retrieved on 2006-12-08.</ref> For [[general aviation]], the city is served by the privately owned [[Brampton Airport]] (CNC3), located to the north of the city in neighbouring [[Caledon, Ontario|Caledon]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |title=Canada Flight Supplement Effective 0901Z 20 February 2025 to 0901Z 17 April 2025 |date=2025-02-20 |publisher=NavCanada}}</ref> There is also a registered helipad [[List of heliports in Canada|Brampton National D]] (CPC4) located near the Brampton/Vaughan border, at Countryside Drive and Coleraine Drive.<ref name=":3" />

===Road===
{{main|List of roads in Brampton}}
Brampton is served by several major transportation routes: [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]] from Toronto is a short distance south in [[Mississauga, Ontario|Mississauga]], and can be reached by [[Ontario Highway 410|Highway 410]], which runs north–south through the middle of the city. [[Ontario Highway 407|Highway 407]] runs along the southern portion of the city, just north of the boundary with Mississauga. Steeles Avenue, which runs north of the 407, is a thoroughfare continuing from Toronto. Queen Street is the city's main east–west street. Farther north, Bovaird Drive is another main artery. Sections of both Queen (eastern portion) and Bovaird (western portion) were part the former [[Highway 7 (Ontario)|Highway 7]], (now [[List of numbered roads in Peel Region|Regional Road 107]]), with Highway 410 being the route followed between the two streets. Main Street, part of the historic road, [[Hurontario Street]] (as well as Hurontario proper in the northern and southern parts of the city), and formerly [[Ontario Highway 10|Highway 10]], is the city's main north–south artery. In the east end, Airport Road is a busy artery that is used as a route north to [[Wasaga Beach]], a popular beach resort town.

==Representation in other media==
*[[Deepa Mehta]]'s 2008 film ''[[Heaven on Earth (2008 film)|Heaven on Earth]]'' is set in Brampton.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/living/article/529749 | work=The Star | location=Toronto | title=Mehta's film resonates with Indian women | date=2008-11-04 | access-date=2010-04-26}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{alumni|residents|date=October 2015}}
{{Main|List of people from Brampton}}
Four people from Brampton have received the Order of Canada: [[Robert William Bradford]], former Director of the National Aviation Museum; Michael F. Clarke, director at Evergreen, the Yonge Street Mission for street youth in Toronto; [[Howard Pawley]], professor and former Premier of Manitoba; and [[William G. Davis]], former Premier of Ontario.

===Sports===
<!--add sportspeople to this para-->
* Baseball: [[Zach Pop]]
* Basketball: [[Michael Meeks (basketball)|Michael Meeks]] (internationally), [[Tyler Ennis (basketball)|Tyler Ennis]] ([[NBA]]), [[Tristan Thompson]] ([[NBA]]), [[Anthony Bennett (basketball)|Anthony Bennett]] (NBA)
* Cricket: [[Saad Bin Zafar]], [[Cecil Pervez]],
* Curling: [[Scott Bailey (curler)|Scott Bailey]], [[Peter Corner]], [[Graeme McCarrel]], [[Wayne Middaugh]], [[Allison Pottinger]]
* Field hockey: [[Bernadette Bowyer]]
* Figure skating: [[Vern Taylor]], [[Mark Janoschak]]
* Football: [[Michael Bailey (Canadian football)|Michael Bailey]] (CFL), [[Fernand Kashama]] (CFL), [[Chris Kowalczuk]] (CFL), [[Rob Maver]] (CFL), [[Jerome Messam]] (CFL, NFL), [[Jason Nugent]] (CFL), [[Junior Turner]] (CFL), [[Steven Turner]] (CFL), [[Jabar Westerman]] (CFL), [[Jamaal Westerman]] (NFL), [[James Yurichuk]] (CFL)<ref>{{cite news |first=Mogan |last=Campbell |title=Local boy not quite local enough for the CFL |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/290632 |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=2008-01-03 |access-date=2008-01-03 }}</ref> [[Nakas Onyeka]] (CFL)
* Golf: [[David Hearn (golfer)|David Hearn]]; [[Steve Duplantis]] (caddy)
* Hockey: [[Andrew Cassels]], [[Mike Danton]], [[Mike Dwyer (ice hockey)|Mike Dwyer]], [[Todd Elik]], [[Chris Felix]], [[Sheldon Keefe]], [[Tom Laidlaw]], [[Kris Newbury]], [[Rick Nash]], [[Tyler Seguin]], [[Jamie Storr]], [[Mike Weaver (ice hockey)|Mike Weaver]], [[Mike Wilson (ice hockey)|Mike Wilson]], [[Sean Monahan]], [[Tyler Graovac]], [[Cassie Campbell]], [[Mikyla Grant-Mentis]], [[Scott Wedgewood]]
* Horse-racing: [[Sid C. Attard]], [[Patrick Husbands]], [[Robert P. Tiller]], [[Emma-Jayne Wilson]]
* Lacrosse: [[Jim Veltman]] (NLL)
* Sailing: [[Kevin Stittle]]
* Soccer: [[Gabe Gala]] (MLS), [[Atiba Hutchinson]] (Super Lig), [[Peter Roe (soccer)|Peter Roe]] (ASL, MISL), [[Murphy Wiredu]], [[Doneil Henry]], [[Junior Hoilett]], [[Paul Stalteri]], [[Roger Thompson (soccer)|Roger Thompson]], [[Cyle Larin]], [[Tajon Buchanan]], [[Kadeisha Buchanan]], [[Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty]], [[Liam Millar]], [[David Barrie]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Barrie |url=https://canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=315 |access-date=November 13, 2025 |website=[[Canadian Soccer Association]]}}</ref>
* Speed skating: [[Tyson Heung]]
* Tennis: [[Jill Hetherington]], [[Milos Raonic]]
* Track and field: [[Charles Allen (athlete)|Charles Allen]], [[Mark Boswell (athlete)|Mark Boswell]], [[Kate Van Buskirk]]
* Wrestling: [[Ohenewa Akuffo]]

===Politics===
{{see also|Brampton City Council}}
<!--add politicians to this para-->Three Canadian premiers got their start in Brampton; Premiers [[Tobias Norris]] and [[Howard Pawley]] OC of Manitoba, and "Brampton Billy", Ontario premier [[William Grenville Davis]] CC. Other notable politicians include [[John Coyne (politician)|John Coyne]], and Conservative opposition leader [[Gordon Graydon]]. Alberta politician and businessman [[James Alexander Lougheed|Sir James A. Lougheed]] was born in Brampton, and served 30 years in Senate; [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] mayor [[David Lynch Scott]] was born here.

President of the Treasury Board [[Tony Clement]] spent time as a Brampton MPP. [[John McDermid]] held various cabinet positions under Brian Mulroney, [[Bal Gosal]] Minister of State-Sport, and former Mayor [[Linda Jeffrey]] held cabinet positions at the provincial level. Incumbent mayor Patrick Brown served as leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]] and as leader of the official opposition from 2015 until 2018 prior to serving as mayor. He was also a federal MP and provincial MPP, but not for Brampton.

[[Ruby Dhalla]] represented the riding of Brampton—Springdale in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Liberal Party. Dhalla and British Columbia Conservative MP Nina Grewal were the first Sikh women to serve in the Canadian House of Commons. [[Parm Gill]] was elected as the member of parliament from the Conservative Party of Canada for the riding of Brampton-Springdale in 2011, who was also appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veteran Affairs in 2013.

[[Jagmeet Singh]] began his political career in Brampton running in two elections in 2011, defeated in the federal election in May but elected Member of Provincial Parliament for Bramalea—Gore—Malton in October. In 2015 he became [[deputy leader]] of the [[Ontario New Democratic Party]]. In 2017 he became [[party leader|leader]] of the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|federal NDP]], the first member of a visible minority to become permanent leader of a major federal party in Canada.

===Arts===
Authors born in or living in Brampton include [[Rohinton Mistry]], [[Jesse Thistle]], [[Edo Van Belkom]] and [[Rupi Kaur]] (poet).

Visual arts notables from Brampton include etcher [[Caroline Helena Armington]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/askart/a/caroline_helena_armington/caroline_helena_armington.aspx |title=Caroline Armington - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Caroline Helena (Wilkinson) Armington |publisher=Askart.com |access-date=2011-02-19}}</ref> [[Ronald Bloore]], Member of the [[Order of Canada]]; Organiser and member of the "[[Regina Five]]",(1960)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=Clara Hargittay |url=http://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ronald-bloore/ |title=Bloore, Ronald |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |date=1925-05-29 |access-date=2011-02-19 }}</ref> watercolourist [[Jack Reid (artist)|Jack Reid]], and [[William Ronald]], who was raised in town. [[Norman Mills Price]]. Animators [[David Feiss]] and [[Jay Stephens]] grew up here.

Music acts from Brampton include Punk band [[The Flatliners]], Indie Rock band [[Moneen]], R&B singer [[Keshia Chanté]], country singer [[Johnny Reid]], "Metal Queen" [[Lee Aaron]] and pop singer [[Alyssa Reid]]. Country singer and "World Champion Yodeller" [[Donn Reynolds]] lived here from 1969 to 1997.<ref>{{cite web|author=Brampton Guardian |url=http://news.ourontario.ca/Brampton/results?q=Donn+Reynolds&st=kw |title=Reynolds, Donn |publisher=Our Ontario Newspapers |access-date=2013-05-29}}</ref> Barry Stock, guitarist from [[Three Days Grace]] was raised in Brampton, and currently resides in Caledon. Singer [[Alessia Cara]], hip-hop artist [[Roy Woods]], and hip-hop artist [[Tory Lanez]] were also born in Brampton. Hip-hop record producer [[WondaGurl]] was also born in Brampton.

===Film, television and comedy===
<!--only include people with WP articles-->
<!--add comedians to this para-->Two notable comedians hail from Brampton: [[Scott Thompson (comedian)|Scott Thompson]] and [[Russell Peters]].

Comedic actor [[Michael Cera]] was born and raised in Brampton. The twin actors [[Shawn Ashmore]] and [[Aaron Ashmore]] (''[[Smallville]]'') are Brampton-raised. The sibling actors [[Tyler Labine]] (''[[Mad Love (TV series)|Mad Love]]'') and [[Kyle Labine]] were born in Brampton.

Other Brampton-born or affiliated actors include [[Paulo Costanzo]], [[Jordan Gavaris]], [[Gemini Award]] winner [[Kris Lemche]], [[Lara Jean Chorostecki]], [[Sabrina Grdevich]], [[Nicole Lyn]], actor and producer [[David Phillips (actor, host)|David J. Phillips]], reality TV star and art dealer [[Billy Jamieson]], performer [[George R. Robertson]], and performer [[Sidhu Moose Wala]].

Others include voice actor [[Brenna O'Brien]], and on-air media personalities [[Cassie Campbell]], [[Chris Connor]], [[Chris Cuthbert]] and [[Scott McGillivray]].

==Sister cities==
Brampton has two sister cities as well as active economic, historic, and cultural relationships with others.<ref name="sistercities">{{cite web|title=Economic Development Committee Committee of the Council of The Corporation of the City of Brampton|quote=City of Brampton currently has two formal Sister Cities; Page 7.1-1|url=http://www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall/meetings-agendas/Economic%20Development%20Committee/20160302ed_Agenda.pdf|website=City of Brampton|access-date=26 March 2016|date=March 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brampton.ca/EN/Business/edo/Invest-Brampton/Documents/GlobalPartnershipsAgreements.pdf|title=Brampton Global Partnership Agreements|date=April 2014|website=City of Brampton|access-date=28 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235942/https://www.brampton.ca/EN/Business/edo/Invest-Brampton/Documents/GlobalPartnershipsAgreements.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Sister cities:
* [[Miami Beach, Florida]]<ref name="sistercities" /><ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall/meetings-agendas/Economic%20Development%20Committee/20160302ed_Agenda.pdf|title=Economic Development Committee|date=2 March 2016|publisher=City of Brampton|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220065625/http://www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall/meetings-agendas/Economic%20Development%20Committee/20160302ed_Agenda.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Plano, Texas]]<ref name="sistercities" /><ref name="MC" />
Friendship relationships:<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/6921350-brampton-eyes-new-relationship-with-portuguese-city/|title=Brampton Eyes New Relationship With Portuguese City|last=Criscione|first=Peter|date=October 20, 2016|publisher=Brampton Guardian}}</ref>
* [[Ribeira Grande, Azores|Ribeira Grande]], [[Azores]], [[Portugal]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Xuzhou|Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Brampton, Westmorland and Furness|Brampton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Marikina|Marikina, Philippines]]<ref name="MC" />
* [[Gapyeong County|Gapyeong, South Korea]]<ref name="MC" />
* [[Fangshan District|Fangshan District (Funhill), Beijing, China]]<ref name="MC" />

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada}}
* [[Brampton Board of Trade]]
* [[Brampton municipal election, 2006]]
* [[Downtown Brampton]]
* [[City of Brampton Arts Person of the Year]]
* [[List of airports in the Greater Toronto Area]]
* [[List of historic places in Brampton]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Ethnic enclaves in Canada]]
[[Category:Little Indias]]
[[Category:Sikh enclaves]]
[[Category:1873 establishments in Ontario]]
[[Category:1974 establishments in Ontario]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1873]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1974]]