Springdale, Brampton

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The present-day area of Springdale was located in the southeastern part of Chinguacousy Township before the township was amalgamated into the city of Brampton in 1974.

Located at the east end of present-day Springdale along Airport Road was the hamlet of Stanley’s Mills;{{cite web |url=https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/Images/Maps/TownshipMaps/pee-m-chinguacousy-s.jpg |work=The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project |title=Township of Chinguacousy (southern part) map |publisher = McGill University }} established in 1820. By 1860, the hamlet, characterized by an important milling industry, consisted of "three mills, a wagon shop, a blacksmith, tailor, seamstress, inn, store, post office, and Methodist church."{{cite web |title=Heritage Designation - 10416 Airport Road |url=https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/oha/details/file?id=916 |publisher=City of Brampton |date=March 8, 2012}} The sole remaining vestige of the hamlet is the designated heritage site at 10416 Airport Road, a Gothic revival brick residence built circa 1860 and associated with the Alderson family, among Brampton’s earliest settlers.{{cite web |title=Heritage Report: Reasons for Heritage Designation - 10416 Airport Road |url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall/meetings-agendas/Brampton%20Heritage%20Board%202010/20110517bhb_L4.pdf |publisher=City of Brampton |date=May 17, 2011}} The Aldersons operated a mill in the 1860s and 1870s on the creek to the south of the present house.{{cite web |title=Heritage Report: Reasons for Heritage Designation - 10416 Airport Road |url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall/meetings-agendas/Brampton%20Heritage%20Board%202010/20110517bhb_L4.pdf |publisher=City of Brampton |date=May 17, 2011}}

Two other designated heritage sites are along Torbram Road and reflect the area’s rural and agricultural past. The Elliott Farmhouse, of a vernacular Ontario Gothic style, was built about 1865.{{cite web |title=Heritage Designation - The Elliott Farmhouse |url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall/Bylaws/Archive/226-2010.pdf |publisher=City of Brampton |date=June 23, 2010}} The Elliott Homestead, of a Gothic Revival style, was built in 1876 and is linked to the former Harrison Methodist Church a kilometre south.{{cite web |title=Heritage Designation - The Elliott Homestead |url=https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/oha/details/file?id=851 |publisher=City of Brampton |date=August 3, 1994}}

Springdale was planned in the 1980s, and construction began in 1991.{{cite book |title=The shape of the city: Toronto struggles with modern planning |last=Sewell |first=John |year=1993 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-7409-6 |page=238 }} The $5 billion “town within a city” was expected to be completed around 2005, and would house 75,000 people in 22,000 homes on a 4,000-acre site.{{cite news |title=Welcome to Springdale, the community that spurred a building boom |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=October 18, 1991 |quote=The "town within a city" is the largest single parcel of land available for residential construction in the Greater Toronto area at this time and one of the largest secondary plans in Canada in 25 years. [...] The community, bounded by Heart Lake Road to the west, Countryside Drive to the north, Airport Road to the east and Bovaird Drive to the south, will benefit from the preservation of four large valley lands, nine woodlots, and 11 ponds and marshes.}} The project was planned to include "a hospital, 17 churches [and places of worship], 13 public and nine separate schools, a public library, two fire stations, a police station, a public transit terminal, 45 community parks, a large regional shopping centre, 18 plazas, and three low-rise office complexes,"{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Beverley |title=Massive housing project planned for Brampton |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=September 24, 1991}} as well as over 700 acres of park space or open green space and 120 kilometres of paved bike paths.{{cite news |last1=Brennan |first1=Pat |title=Wheels turning as budding town takes green path |publisher=Toronto Star |date=February 22, 1992}} As part of the "green" focus for Springdale, developers also gave the community’s eight different neighbourhoods a distinct geographical theme, such as mountains, tundra, grasslands, forests, deserts, and so on, and named the streets to reflect that particular environment.{{cite news |last1=Brennan |first1=Pat |title=Wheels turning as budding town takes green path |publisher=Toronto Star |date=February 22, 1992 |quote=The first neighborhood where homes are already under construction carries the forest theme and therefore the street names will reflect that particular environment with names such as Chipmunk, Black Oak, and lost. Ah, well maybe not, lost. The street names are being suggested by 100 Bramalea school children. Metrus will check the spelling.}}

In 2007, Highway 410 was extended from it original northern terminus at Bovaird Drive to Mayfield Road through the west end of Springdale,{{cite web

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| last = Waud

| publisher = Brampton Board of Trade

| date = December 2009

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| access-date = November 3, 2011

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| archive-date = August 15, 2010}} with an interchange at Sandalwood Parkway.

Springdale is split in federal and provincial representation between Brampton North{{cite map |title=Brampton North |url=https://www.elections.ca/res/cir/maps2/mapprov.asp?map=35010&lang=e |website=www.elections.ca |publisher=Elections Canada |date=2013}} and Brampton East.{{cite map |title=Brampton East |url=https://www.elections.ca/res/cir/maps2/mapprov.asp?map=35009&lang=e |website=www.elections.ca |publisher=Elections Canada |date=2013}} Brampton North covers the area west of Torbram Road, south of Sandalwood Parkway, west of Bramalea Road, and north of Sandalwood Parkway. Brampton East covers the area east to Airport Road.

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Brampton Civic Hospital, opened in 2007, is located in the area, along with two fire stations and a paramedic station.

Trinity Common Mall is a large shopping plaza in the area and includes a Cineplex movie theatre and transit terminal.

The Save Max Sports Centre, formerly Brampton Soccer Centre, opened in 2007.

The Brampton Library, Springdale branch opened in 2019.

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According to the 2016 Census, the top six mother tongues in the L6R forward sortation area (which is largely the area of Springdale) are English (36.3%), Punjabi (34.4%), Gujarati (3.6%), Urdu (2.8%), Tamil (2.6%), and Hindi (2.5%).{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census - L6R [Forward sortation area©] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FSA&Code1=L6R&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&SearchText=L6R&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=2&type=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca | date=8 February 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}

Immigrants make up 59.7% of residents in the area, compared to 52.3% for the city. Among the immigrant population, the top six places of birth are India (55.8%), Jamaica (6.6%), Guyana (4.9%), Pakistan (4.3%), Sri Lanka (4.3%), and the Philippines (3%).{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census - L6R [Forward sortation area©] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FSA&Code1=L6R&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&SearchText=L6R&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=2&type=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca | date=8 February 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}

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There are numerous elementary and middle schools, and four secondary schools in the area.

Elementary and middle schools

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• Carberry Public School
• Eagle Plains Public School
• Fernforest Public School
• Great Lakes Public School
• Hewson Public School
• Larkspur Public School
• Lougheed Middle School
• Mountain Ash Public School
• Robert J. Lee Public School
• Shaw Public School
• Springdale Public School
• Stanley Mills Public School
• Sunny View Middle School

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Secondary schools

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• Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School
• Louise Arbour Secondary School
• Sandalwood Heights Secondary School

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• Blessed Michael J. McGivney Catholic School
• Father Clair Tipping School
• Good Shepherd Elementary School
• Our Lady of Providence School
• St. Isaac Jogues Elementary School
• St. Marguerite d'Youville Secondary School

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• Ayo Akinola - professional soccer player
• Anthony Bennett - professional basketball player
• Nakas Onyeka - professional Canadian football player
• Tristan Thompson - professional basketball player

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Category:Neighbourhoods in Brampton

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