Stouffville

Whitchurch–Stouffville, is one of the fastest growing communities in Ontario. It's motto is “country close to the city”. The town of Whitchurch–Stouffville consists of several distinct communities and the intermediary countryside and offers some of the best real estate value in York Region. Stouffville is just west of Durham Region and far enough from the hussle and bussle of the southern GTA to offer a more relaxed lifestyle and community living.   Stouffville proper is the largest community in this area, while other communities in the larger town include Ballantrae, Bethesda, Bloomington, Cedar Valley, Gormley, Lemonville, Lincolnville, Musselman Lake, Pine Orchard, Pleasantville, Preston Lake, Ringwood, Vandorf, Vivian, and Wesley Corners. Future growth is governed provincially by the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act (2001), the Greenbelt Act (2005) and the Places to Grow Act (2005). The intent of these statutes is to prevent urban sprawl on environmentally sensitive land and to accommodate future growth in approved settlement areas only. Consequently Whitchurch–Stouffville’s future growth is planned as “sustainable development,” largely within the boundaries of urban Stouffville alone, which reflects the vision of “small town tradition between the country and the city.” For more information www.townofws.ca