Location and Downtown Facts
- More than 50,000 vehicles pass through the intersection of Highways 7 (Queen Street) and 10 (Main Street) in Brampton’s Centre of Commerce.
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- Seat of Municipal Government.
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- Downtown financial centre of Brampton. Major banks include: RBC Financial, CIBC, TD, Canada Trust, Bank of Montreal, National Bank, Scotia Bank and Trust, and the Business Development Bank of Canada.
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- Major central area employers include: the City of Brampton (City Hall), IKO Industries (Head Office), Peel Plastic Products (Head Office), Brafasco (Head Office), CCV Insurance & Financial Services (Head Office), Trow Associates (Head Office), Regional Municipality of Peel (Headquarters) Pre Con, Maple Leaf Foods, and Georgia Pacific.
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- Daytime employment adds in more than 9,000 persons.
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- More than 100,000 vehicles per day traveling major routes.
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- Regional Transit hub for Brampton Transit, VIA Rail, Go Rail and Go Bus.
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- Home to popular summer and winter community events: Farmers’ Market (June until October, every Saturday morning 7 a.m. until 1 p.m.), Gage Park Skating Trail, Classic Cars and Legendary Stars in July, Rib 'n' Roll, Concerts in Gage Park, Shakespeare in the Garden Square, Flower City Parade, Santa Claus Parade, New Year's Eve Festivities, and much more.
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- Parking available for more than 1,300 vehicles in private and public facilities.
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- Cultural centre of the city including the Rose Theatre, which hosted 837 events in 2008, with a total paid attendance of 140,645.
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- Rose Theatre: 39 per cent or 55,000 of 2008 attendance from out of town, including bus trips from New York, Niagara, Kitchener, Pickering, Port Perry, and Oshawa.
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- One million square foot plus indoor shopping centre, Bramalea City Centre, including more than 250,000 square feet (23,225 square metres) of new retail space opening in 2010.
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- Major hotels include the Howard Johnson and the Holiday Inn.
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- More than 5,000 square-foot (4,600 square metres) YMCA, Brampton Public Library Branch, Brampton Tennis Club, and Historical Memorial Arena opened in 1950.
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- In addition to the Rose Theatre, Downtown Brampton is also home of the Peel Heritage Complex, which includes Peel Art Gallery/Museum, Peel Archives and Historic Peel Courthouse, Heritage Theatre, The Beaux Arts and the Theatre School.
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- More than 400,000 square feet (37,160 square metres) of retail and other commercial space in the downtown area.
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- Preferred film location in the city for international film shoots.
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- Home of new 300,000 square foot Region of Peel services building, including 30,000 feet for Peel Regional Police 21 Division.
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