Buttonville, Ontario

Buttonville is a suburban community within the Town of Markham in York Region, directly north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the western part of Markham. The population is presently about 30,000. Rouge River is to the northeast and Buttonville Airport is directly west of Buttonville. The superhighway Highway 404 is to the west with 4 interchanges and the nearest interchange with the Highway 407 Express Toll Route (ETR) is 2 km south on Woodbine Avenue. The population live in the eastern, northeastern and the northern parts while the industrial area of Markham is to the west and the south down to Steeles. The industrial area is home to many technology companies near the airport.

Geography

*Population:
**1990: about 10,000
**2002: about 30,000
*Area: -
*density: -
*Location:
**Latitude: about 43.9 N
**Longitude: about 79.6 W
*Area code: +1-905
*Name of inhabitants: -
*Postal code: - L3R ---

Farmlands formerly surrounded Buttonville and forests were around Buttonville especially to its south. Between 1980 and 2000, the farmlands were developed into residential areas.

Transportation

* Highway 404 runs north-south past Buttonville.
* Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport is located in Buttonville.
* 407 ETR
* Viva/YRT
* Highway 7

History

Housing developments did not began until the 1960s near Cachet Woods at Woodbine Ave. and Major Mackenzie Drive, and the industrial area began to appear further south. In the 1980s housing developments came to the western part of Markham along with the industries which later flowed with technological and financial companies including Allstate. Buttonville was first accessed when Highway 404 opened several interchanges in the 1970s. Between 1994 and 1996, more houses continued northeast of Buttonville and a few years later, north of the airport and more housing continued until 2004.

Nearest communities

*Richmond Hill, west
*Cachet, east
*Unionville, east
*Willowdale, North York and Scarborough, south
*Angus Glen, north

External links

Map and aerial photos

* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=43.9decimal&latitude=-79.6&longitude=&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest]
* [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=43.9&lat=-79.6&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver]