Peel Regional Council is the governing body of the Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario

Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario

The Regional Municipality of Peel is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. It consists of three municipalities to the west and northwest of Toronto: the cities of Brampton and Mississauga, and the town of Caledon. The entire region is part of the Greater Toronto Area and the inner...

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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Formation

Peel Council was formed in 1973 when the Regional Municipality of Peel was created to replace the old Peel County. It was created by the province to deal with counties with significant growth patterns. It is supposed to mimic the role of the former Metro Toronto Council.

Political Structure

It currently consists of 25 members: the mayors of Mississauga

Mississauga, Ontario

Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...

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Brampton, Ontario

Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...

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Caledon, Ontario

Caledon is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. In terms of land use, Caledon is somewhat urban, though it is primarily rural in nature...

, eleven councillors from Mississauga, six councillors from Brampton, four additional councillors from Caledon, and the regional chair, who is appointed by council members. Since December 1991, the regional chair has been Emil Kolb

Emil Kolb

Emil Vincent Kolb is the non-elected chair of Peel Regional council in Ontario, Canada. He began serving his fifth term in that role in 2003. Prior to his appointment as regional chair in 1991, Kolb was a two-term mayor of Caledon and has been a regional councillor since Peel Region was...

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• Caledon Councillors Wards 1-4 anmd Mayor
• Brampton Councillors Wards 1-10 and Mayor
• Mississauga Councillors Wards 1-11 and Mayor

A list of past and present chair (or chairmans of Peel Council):

• 1973-1979 Chairman Lou H. Parsons (GO Transit Chair and Mississauga City Councillor)
• 1979-1991 Chairman R.F. (Frank) Bean (former Mississauga City Alerman)
• 1981 Acting Chairman Peter Robertson (Mayor of Brampton)
• 1991 Acting Chairman Frank Russell (Brampton)
• 1991 Acting Chairman Edward (Ted) Southorn (Mississauga Ward 7 Councillor)
• 1991 Acting Chairman Rhoda Begley (Regional Councillor and Brampton City Councillor)
• 1992 Chairman Emil Kolb
  Emil Kolb
  Emil Vincent Kolb is the non-elected chair of Peel Regional council in Ontario, Canada. He began serving his fifth term in that role in 2003. Prior to his appointment as regional chair in 1991, Kolb was a two-term mayor of Caledon and has been a regional councillor since Peel Region was...
  
   (Mayor of Caledon)

Wards

The Peel wards are based on the ward system of each city, so there are repeated ward numbers:

• Caledon Wards 1-4 anmd Mayor
• Brampton Wards 1-10 and Mayor
• Mississauga Wards 1-11 and Mayor

County Buildings/Peel Centre

• 1973-1980 - Peel County Courthouse, Brampton, Ontario
  Brampton, Ontario
  Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...
  
  
• 1980-present - 10 Peel Centre Drive in Brampton, Ontario
  Brampton, Ontario
  Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...
  
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Services

• Peel Regional Police
  Peel Regional Police
  Peel Regional Police provides police services for Peel Region in Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest municipal police service in Ontario after the Toronto Police Service and third largest municipal force in Canada with 1,900 uniformed members and close to 800 support staff.Peel Region...
  
  
• Peel Health Services
  • Peel Regional Paramedic Services
    Peel Regional Paramedic Services
    Peel Region Paramedics Services provides ambulatory and paramedic care for the municipalities within Peel Region, in Ontario, Canada. Paramedics operations are based in Mississauga....
    
    
  • long-term care facilities
• Social Services
  • Child Care Centres
  • Ontario Works
  • Volunteer workers
• Public Works
  • Transhelp
    Transhelp
    Transhelp is a separate accessible transit system operated by and serving all of Peel Region.Transhelp is used by person who have mobility problems, are physically unable to climb or descend stairs, or cannot walk a distance of 175 metres....
    
    
  • Regional Road and maintenance
  • Water/Wastewater system
  • Construction
  • Garbage disposal - collected from the cities and towns in Peel
• Education
  • Peel District School Board
    Peel District School Board
    Peel District School Board is a Canadian public board of education for the Peel Regional Municipality, headquartered in the HJA Brown Education Centre in Mississauga...
    
    
  • Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
    Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
    The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is one of the largest school boards in Ontario, Canada. It oversees 148 school facilities throughout Peel Region and Dufferin County...
    
    
• Public Housing