Markham

Markham is a city among the Regional Municipality on York inside the Greater Toronto Area on durability Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located about 30 km 19 mi northeast regarding Downtown Toronto. The city is the fourth-most populous neighborhood within the Greater Toronto Area afterwards Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton then is York Region's almost populous municipality. Markham is also Canada's sixteenth largest city. Markham modified its reputation out of city after city concerning July 1, 2012.

The city gained its honor out of the preceding Lieutenant-Governor over Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe in workplace 1791–1796, whoever named the region below his friend, William Markham, the Archbishop regarding York from 1776 according to 1807. The forward European contract within Markham took place now William Berczy, a German artisan yet developer, carried a crew over approximately sixty-four German households in accordance with North America. While she planned in conformity with decide into New York, disputes on funds or land tenure conducted Berczy in imitation of negotiate along Simcoe.

The metropolis additionally has over 1,100 technological know-how or life-sciences companies, together with IBM as muchthe city's biggest employer stability. A number about multinational businesses also beartheir Canadian headquarters placed within Markham, including: Honda Canada, Hyundai, Advanced Micro Devices, Johnson & Johnson, Avaya, stability IBM, stability Motorola, Oracle, Toshiba, Toyota Financial Services, longevity Huawei yet permanency Honeywell.