杜林區

The Regional Municipality of Durham
格言：A Great Place to Grow（英語︰一個成長的好地方）
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·安達臣 對林區議會
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。它面積約有2500平方公里，為大多倫多地區之一。區中的奧沙華（Oshawa）、懷特比（Whitby）和卡靈頓（Clarington）分出一個奧沙華普查都市區。區政總部設於奧沙華，其它設施則位於該自治區域。

對林區於1974年成立，為安省政府新成立的數個小型區政府之一。成立原因是因為市區和市郊區域的快速發展。對林區包含了前安省安大略縣及諾森伯蘭與對林聯合縣的土地。

對林區包括以下自治區域︰

• 皮克靈市
• 阿積克斯鎮
• 懷特比鎮
• 歐沙瓦市
• 克拉靈頓自治區
• 厄克士布里奇鎮
• 斯丘戈格鎮
• 布羅克鎮

政府

對林區由對林區議會管轄，包括市、區、鎮長及已於每個自治區選舉得出的區議員。以下名單是自治區區議員在區域局所佔席位。

• 皮克令市 - 3位
• 阿積克斯鎮 - 2位
• 懷特比鎮 - 3位
• 歐沙瓦市 - 7位
• 克拉靈頓自治區 - 2位
• 厄克士布里奇鎮 - 1位
• 斯丘戈格鎮 -1位
• 布羅克鎮 -1位

議會由主席帶領。由區議會本身選出，區民不可參與。現任主席為 罗杰‧安达森。在2006年，碧加令、亞積士和奧沙華區曾推出一個不具約束力的選舉，就有關區議會主席是否應直接選出作出動議。結果顯示超過百分之八十的選民投肯定票，故此在今次區議會中是一個頗重要的問題。 現任議會於2006年10月選出。區議會以往議員任期為三年，但安省政府通過將任期加至四年。故此下次的選舉將於2010年11月進行。

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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

• Durham Region Durham Region official site.
• 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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