Pickering

Pickering is a municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham within the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, sitting along the shore of Lake Ontario. Residential streets alternate with shopping districts, while open green spaces and waterfront sections shape the layout of the community.

Colonists from Britain founded the first settlement during the 1770s, later joined by Loyalists who moved here after the American Revolutionary War. The location gradually developed from a farming community into a suburban municipality within the Greater Toronto region.

The population of 99,186 residents includes multiple ethnic communities with substantial representation from India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan in the Greater Toronto region.

Highway 401 runs through the municipality, linking it with the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding communities in Ontario. Regional bus lines operate regularly between residential neighborhoods, shopping centers, and neighboring municipalities along main roads.

The nuclear station near the waterfront generates power for Ontario and stands north of the town center along Lake Ontario. Visitors can view the facility from outside along the shoreline road, where signs explain how energy is produced.

Location: Regional Municipality of Durham

Inception: 1811

Elevation above the sea: 83.8 m

Shares border with: Ajax, Toronto, Markham, Whitchurch–Stouffville, Uxbridge, Scugog, Whitby

Website: http://pickering.ca

GPS coordinates: 43.90694,-79.13083

Latest update: December 13, 2025 15:45