Whitchurch-Stouffville ON

A ACTER Explosive growth brings both challenges and opportunities W hitchurch-Stouffville, a small yet vibrant town in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) of Ontario, Canada sits strategically 50 kilometers north of downtown Toronto in the mid-eastern area of the Regional Municipality of York. The site the town sits on was originally inhabited by the Iroquoian peoples, more specifically the Huron-Wendat. Whitchurch Township was created in 1792 and its early settlers included Quakers and Mennonites from the nearby American states of Pennsylvania, Vermont, and New 2 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 01