Sunderland
—  Unincorporated community  —
Coordinates: 44°15′49″N 79°3′56″W / 44.26361°N 79.06556°W / 44.26361; -79.06556
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional municipality	Durham
Township	Brock
Founded	1822
Area
- Total	0.5 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (656 ft)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Forward sortation area	L0C 1H0
Area code(s)	905 and 289
NTS Map	031D06
GNBC Code	FCTWV

Sunderland is a community located approximately 100 km northeast of Toronto, Ontario in Brock Township, in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.

Contents 1 Business and Commerce 2 History 3 Geography 4 Education 5 Events 6 Nearby communities 7 Other information 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Business and Commerce

Sunderland has a thriving community of small businesses that focus primarily on the needs of surrounding rural families. These businesses include the Co-Op, Pindar's Fuel, and Ross Doble Farm Equipment. Downtown Sunderland also has a number of restaurants, an original art gallery (The Magic Door Art Gallery), a museum (Sunderland & District Historical Society), CIBC branch, a post office, and a branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. There is also Katie's Coffee house, a small town coffee shop, as well as the Brock Stop Restaurant located on Hwy 7/12 serving the community. A new business known as Taylor Pool Products has recently opened in the former Ace Hardware location.

The local post office services locals with lock boxes and five rural routes.

[edit] History

The land that the Town of Sunderland was built on was granted in the early 1820s to United Empire Loyalists. The town slowly grew around the Brock Hotel - a popular overnight stop for travelers. The Toronto - Lindsay Line of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway gave Sunderland a huge thrust, and the town's population grew rapidly during this time. At the time a larger village to the west, Vroomanton, did not get a railway station and subsequently its population dropped. Although the railway ceased operations through Sunderland in the 1980s, the town has remained vibrant - due in no small part to its close proximity to Toronto, Lindsay, and Newmarket.

[edit] Geography

The region around Sunderland is rolling farmland, with dense first-growth deciduous forests and rich agricultural soil.

[edit] Education

Sunderland has one public school, Sunderland Public School, which celebrated its 50-year anniversary on 20 October 2007. The nearest high school is Brock High School, outside of Cannington.

[edit] Events

Sunderland hosts the annual Maple Syrup Festival at the beginning of April each year.^[1] The town also hosts the annual Sunderland Agricultural Fall Fair in September of each year.^[2] This fair has been held annually since the 1850s.

[edit] Nearby communities

• Beaverton, north
• Oakwood, east
• Pefferlaw, northwest
• Vroomanton, west
• Port Perry, southeast
• Uxbridge, southwest
• Cannington, northeast

[edit] Other information

• Area code: +(00)1-705
• Postal code: L0C 1H0

There are about 30 homes on the extreme south-west corner of Sunderland with a North American area code of 905.

[edit] References

1. ^ Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival
2. ^ Sunderland Agricultural Fair

[edit] External links

• Sunderland
• Sunderland at Geographical Names of Canada

Coordinates: 44°15′49″N 79°3′56″W / 44.26361°N 79.06556°W / 44.26361; -79.06556

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