Caledon Village

Caledon Village is an unincorporated community located within the largely-rural Town of Caledon in Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 1 909 people.^[1]

Caledon Village
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 43°51′37.4″N 79°59′45.0″W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional Municipality	Regional Municipality of Peel
Town	Caledon
First established	1820
Population
• Total	1,909

Description

Caledon Village is a largely-rural community in the centre of Caledon,^[2] situated at the intersection of Highway 10 (Hurontario Street) and Charleston Sideroad (Peel Road 24; and formerly Highway 24 west of Highway 10). There are quarries for the extraction of salt, gravel, and sand around the village. The large quarries serve as a large portion of the Caledon economy and stretch to the Forks of the Credit and the hamlet of Cataract.^[3]

History

The community was first established in the 1820s by Irish and Scottish emigrants of the Stubbs, Rayburn, and Bell families. The village was formerly known as Raeburn's Corners, Charlestown, Charleston, and (simply) Caledon (although the former township in which the community had been located was always named "Caledon"). The area flourished with industries like sawmills and gristmills, powered by the nearby Credit River.^[4] The main form of economic activity ties to agriculture and poultry.

For most of its history, Caledon Village was a hamlet (rather than an actual village), with the majority of the growth in the community having occurred in modern times. Most of the population now lives in suburban-style developments. There are ongoing small residential and industrial development plans around the village.^[5]