杜林區

The Regional Municipality of Durham
格言：A Great Place to Grow( 英語︰一個美好的成長 )
坐标：43°55′N 78°56′W
郡	加拿大
省	安大略
成立於	1974年1月1日
政府
• 主席 政治主體	羅捷‧安達信 對林郡政局
海拔	91 公尺（299 英尺）
人口（2006）
• 總計	561,258人
时区	Eastern (EST)（UTC-5）
• 夏时制	Eastern (EDT)（UTC-4）
網站	http://www.region.durham.on.ca

對林自治區域，有時非正式的稱為對林區，是一個位於安大略多倫多的一個自治區域。 對林區面積約有2500平方公里。對林區是大多倫多地區的一部分。奧沙華、懷特比和卡靈頓構成一個奧沙華普查都市區。區政府總部設於懷特比，其他總部則設於其自治區域。

對林區於1974年成立，為安省政府成立數個新區政府之一。成立原因為市區和市郊的高速發展。對林區包含前安大略縣及諾森伯蘭與對林聯合縣的大部分。

對林區包含以下自治區︰

• 皮克令市
• 亞積克斯市
• 懷特比市
• 歐沙瓦市
• 克拉靈頓市
• 厄克斯布里奇鎮
• 斯丘戈格鎮
• 布洛克鎮

已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。

Local government

Durham Region is governed by Durham Region Council, which consists of the Mayors of the local municipalities as well as Regional Councillors directly elected in each municipality. The list below indicates the number of Regional Councillors elected in each local municipality.

• Pickering - 3
• Ajax - 2
• Whitby - 3
• Oshawa - 7
• Clarington - 2
• Uxbridge - 1
• Scugog - 1
• Brock - 1

The Council is led by a Chair, who is selected by the Council itself rather than direct election by the public. The current Chair is Roger Anderson. In 2006, Pickering, Ajax, and Oshawa placed non-binding referendums on their local election ballots to ask voters whether the Chair should be directly elected. Over 80% voted in the affirmative, and so this issue is likely to be a major one during the current term of Council.

The current council was elected in November 2006. In the past, Council has sat for a three year term, but the Ontario Legislature recently passed legislation increasing the length of municipal council terms in Ontario to four years. Therefore, the next municipal election is scheduled for November 2010.

Services

The Regional government, within its geographic area, has sole responsibility for the following:

• Durham Regional Police Service provides local policing for all municipalities.
  • The Ontario Provincial Police patrol provincial highways
• Durham Region Transit provides public transit service
• Main roads, traffic lights and controls
• Strategic land use planning
• Subdivision and condominium approval
• Water supply and distribution
• Sewage collection and treatment
• Collection of recyclable materials
• Waste collection, except in Whitby and Oshawa
• Waste disposal
• Public Health and social services

The Region also provides services in:

• Economic Development
• Tourism

Local Municipalities have responsibility for:

• Local planning
• Local streets and sidewalks
• Fire protection
• Parks and recreation
• Tax collection
• Building inspection and permits
• Public libraries
• Licencing
• Waste collection in Whitby and Oshawa

經濟

Major employers include General Motors of Canada, Ontario Power Generation, Lakeridge Health System, Durham District School Board, Durham College, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and many smaller component and transportation firms supplying the automotive industry.

Automobile industries

Durham Region is a major centre of the Canadian automobile industry. Oshawa is the Canadian headquarters of General Motors and home of GM's largest plant in North America. In addition, the Canadian headquarters of both BMW and Volkswagen are located in the Region.

高速公路

Durham Region is traversed by Highway 401 as well several other provincial highways, although there is far less highway capacity in Durham Region than in the other regions in the Greater Toronto Area. Recently, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has proposed accelerating the expansion of Highway 407 through Durham Region to Highways 35 and 115.

On August 22, 2006, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was considering providing federal funding for the extension of Highway 407.

400-series freeways

• Highway 401
• Highway 407 Express Toll Route

Other highways

• Highway 7
• Highway 7A
• Highway 12
• Highway 35
• Highway 48
• Highway 115

Public transportation

Public transit in the Region is operated by Durham Region Transit, which was formed in January 2006 when the five preexisting municipal public transit systems in the region were merged under the Region's administration.

In addition, GO Transit provides the following services within the Region:

• Lakeshore East GO Trains serve Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, and Oshawa GO Stations, providing connections to Toronto's Union Station
• Morning Highway 401 peak hour service to GO Finch Bus Terminal from Oshawa GO Station via Whitby GO Station, Ajax GO Station and Scarborough Town Centre, with reverse service in the afternoon
• Durham Highway 2 (the former provincial Highway 2) between Pickering and Oshawa is served by buses providing connections to the Toronto Transit Commission at Scarborough Town Centre, York Mills, and Yorkdale Shopping Centre
• Clarington is served by buses connecting with Lakeshore East GO Trains at Oshawa GO Station
• Port Perry in Scugog Township is served by buses from Whitby GO Station
• Uxbridge is served by buses from the Stouffville Corridor

Education

The Durham District School Board operates all public schools within Durham Region, except for those schools within Clarington, which are part of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. This is a holdover from the pre-1974 structure in which the area now forming Clarington was part of Durham County, while the other municipalities were part of Ontario County.

The Durham Catholic District School Board operates the separate Catholic school system within Durham Region, again with the exception of schools in Clarington, which are part of the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board.

Neither school board is an operating division of the Regional government. Instead, as is true of all school boards in Ontario, they are separate entities with distinct but overlapped service areas. Elected public trustees responsible for their operation.

參看

• Durham Regional Police Service
• Durham Region Transit

外部連結

• 對林區官方網頁
• Durham Central Local Info Movie Showtimes Classifieds
• Durham Directory Durham Region Business Listings
• Durham Regional Police Service official site
• Durham Tourism Tourism guide for Durham Region
• Durham Region Parent and Kid's GuideLinking Durham parents and kids to local events, activities, community services & programs
• Durham Region's Official List of Businesses and Organizations
• Durhamrock.com Coverage of the local music scene
• Durham Region Blog Various Durham Region Topics
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參考資料

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