The unemployment rate, at 8.7% in Ajax, is higher than the Ontario rate of 8.3% and significantly higher than the national average of 7.8% unemployment, but that may reflect the much higher participation rate of 72.9% compared to 65.5% in Ontario and 66% nationally. For those aged 25 to 64 years, the highest levels of education were 64.1% with a post-secondary degree, 26.4% with a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 9.5% had no certificate, diploma or degree. I get ZERO RESULTS every time I try just a zip code. These streets are (from west to east) Church Street, Westney Road, Harwood Avenue and Salem Road. Unsure which region to choose? Canada Post may in its sole discretion limit the number of searches you make using Find a Postal Code, on a daily or other basis. In the early 1980s, the Harwood, Westney Heights, and Village routes began service. Just use our lookup by address feature at the top of the page or click on the our interactive map to access your needed zip code. The median age is 36.2 years old which is more than 4 years younger than the national average at 40.6 years old; 20.7% of the population is under 15 years of age while 8.7% are 65 and over.[10]. Ajax has a football team, the Ajax-Pickering Dolphins. 1996, c. 32, Sched", "2018 Ajax Municipal Election voting period", "National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011", "2011 Census of Canada:Topic-based tabulations — Detailed Mother Tongue — Ajax", "1991 Census of Canada: Census Area Profiles", "Population. It was expanded to 50 beds in 1958 and a major expansion to 127 beds took place in 1964. After the war, the University of Toronto leased much of the D.I.L. It has been controversial since the announcement of the Durham Live casino in 2018. Locate the correct postal codes for Ajax in the list above by choosing the destination city or town you are sending to. 2% of the population is multiracial, and the last 2.6% belong to another group. Zip code: E2L. Important Note In the attached page you will see that in two places there is a text “Use a valid Bing Map Key provided by Microsoft”. Ajax Council and a private developer entered into an agreement in 2012 for the purchase and sale of 9 acres (3.6 ha) of vacant town-owned land at the corner of Bayly Street and Harwood Avenue. The 2006 Canadian Census[14] reported Ajax's population at 90,167 which was a significant 22.3% increase over 2001 numbers and almost 3½ times the 6.6% population increase average for Ontario during that same period. Just use our lookup by address feature at the top of the page or click on the our interactive map to access your needed zip code. Postal address: Saint John, NB, Canada. The median commute time to work for those 15 years and over was 35.1 minutes with 15.9% travelling by public transit including GO, 80.1% travelling by private car, truck, or van, and the remaining 4% travelling by other means (walking, bicycle, etc.). Latitude: 45.27344. The Ajax and Pickering General Hospital first opened in 1954 with 38 adult and children's beds. Ajax is served by the Durham District School Board and the Durham Catholic District School Board. AJAX, Ontario Canada details. This is an online tool (Mashup) to search postal code of a place, address or city in Ontario, Canada. Interactive map of zip codes in Ajax, Canada. This led to the creation of Ajax Transit with bus service beginning in 1973 under a contract with Charterways Transportation Limited, which operated service using a fleet of school buses, with heaviest ridership between the Pickering Beach area and downtown Ajax. The 1970s saw the beginning of many physical changes to the face of Ajax. Interactive map of zip codes in Ajax, Canada. Two of the high schools are Catholic schools: Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School and Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic High School. It had its own water and sewage treatment plants, a school population of over 600, and 50 km (31 mi) of railroad and 50 km (31 mi) of roads. Road transportation in Ajax is dominated by Highway 401, which runs east–west through the town, dividing it in half. As far as education goes, for those who are 25 to 64 years old, the highest levels of education are as follows: 67.1% of people have a post-secondary schooling degree, 26% have a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 6.9% have no certificate, diploma or degree; these represent somewhat higher education rates than either the Ontario or Canadian averages at 64.8%, 24.3%, & 11% and 64.1%, 23.2%, & 12.7% respectively. Ajax has the highest Black population percentage of any major Canadian city (population above 100,000). The 1980s saw an expansion of retail shopping malls to include Discovery Bay Plaza, Transit Square, Baywood Plaza, Westney Heights Plaza and most recently the Durham Centre at Harwood Avenue and Kingston Road. The Mayor and the Regional Councillors sit on both Ajax Town Council and Durham Region Council. Westney Heights started north of Highway 2 and offered home buyers low interest rate mortgages while interest rates were then at an all-time high of 18% to 20%. From 1941 to 1950, Ajax had no local municipal government of its own. The Ajax Citizens' Association, formed by many civic-minded persons, presented a brief to the Ontario Municipal Board urging that the Improvement District of Ajax become the Corporation of the Town of Ajax. Enable JavaScript to see Google Maps. This will display the postal code of the selected location from Ontario, Canada on Google map. Locate the correct postal codes for Windsor in the list above by choosing the destination city or town you are sending to. Here's how", "Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S.O. The town is the home of two minor leagues, the Ajax Spartans Minor Baseball Association and the Ajax Knights Minor Hockey Association. From December 13 to December 19, 1939, a flotilla of British warships — HMS Ajax, HMS Exeter and HMS Achilles — commanded by Commodore Henry Harwood — engaged and routed the powerful German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee at the Battle of the River Plate, near the Uruguayan port of Montevideo in South America. 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Lakeridge Road crosses the highway, but it is traditionally held to be the border between the towns of Ajax and Whitby. Just click on the location you desire for a postal code/address for your mails destination. Ajax is the home of the Ajax Skating Club and the Ajax Ice Waves, a synchronized skating team, and the Ajax Scuba Club. This brought Ajax's population density to 1,344 people per square kilometre residing in approximately 28,616 occupied private dwellings. People came from all over Canada to work at D.I.L. Ajax Fire & Emergency Services provides firefighting services from three fire stations. By 1953, the desire for full and active participation by its citizens in an elected council and school board was strong. According to the Community Profiles from the 2006 Census,[14] English was the mother tongue of 79.3% of the population, French was the mother tongue of 1.5%, English/French bilingualism was mother tongue for 0.2%, and the mother tongue of the remaining 19% was another non-official language either by itself or combined with English, French, or both or with another non-official language. Canada Postal Code, Canadian Postal Code Database, ZIP Code Database, ZIP Code Maps. The Durham Regional Police police Ajax from a station in Pickering. Shopping was virtually non-existent in the mid-1940s, but by 1970 major shopping centres such as Ajax Plaza, Harwood Place Mall and Clover Ridge Plaza were constructed. 94% of Ajax's population were Canadian citizens with 11.4% being recent immigrants (from 1991 to 2006) including 3.5% having arrived within the preceding 5 years (since 2001). Ajax Cricket Club is located in the community. - If you wish to link to this page, you can do so by referring to the URL address below this line. Just use our lookup by address feature at the top of the page or click on the our interactive map to access your needed zip code. Ajax Downs is a casino that is located on 50 Alexander's Crossing, near the intersection of Kingston Road (Toronto) and Audley Road. Select the name of the Place/Address/City (in Canada) from the suggested list. The median personal income was $33,026 for persons 15 and over ($28,885 after tax) compared to the Ontario figures of $27,258 income ($24,604 after tax); median household income (2005) was $81,940 ($68,527 after taxes), which was significantly higher than either the Ontario median household income (2005) at $60,455 ($52,117 after taxes) or the Canadian average at $53,634 ($46,584). In 1950, as a result of a petition, the community became the Corporation of the Improvement District of Ajax with three trustees appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. By 1949, the last year of the University of Toronto, Ajax Division, some 7,000 engineering students had received their basic training there. In 2006, APTA was amalgamated into Durham Region Transit along with the other municipal transit services in Durham Region. In 2001, Ajax Transit and the neighbouring Pickering Transit were amalgamated into the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority (APTA), which operated under the joint ownership and oversight of Ajax and Pickering. Development north of Highway 2 stretched from Church Street in Pickering Village to Harwood Avenue, with the Millers Creek development south of the highway down to the edge of Highway 401. There are five high schools and several elementary schools. Only four streets allow transportation from the north end of town to the south end of town by crossing over or under Highway 401. Use our lookup by address (or by map) feature to get the full postal code. This list contains only the outwards codes. Of the Ajax population 15 years of age and over, which represent 77% of Ajax's total population, 38.8% immigrated to Canada, 23.3% were born in Canada to one or both parents having been born outside of Canada, and 37.9% were born inside Canada to both parents being Canadian born (and possibly their grandparents as well). Called "Pat Bayly Square", it will provide residential, retail and office space, as well as a civic square and civic facility. Postal Code L1S 1V3, Ajax, ON , Canada Postal Code, Canadian Postal Code Database, ZIP Code Database, ZIP Code Maps. Access to Highway 401 both east and west is available via Westney Road and Salem Road. [16] They play during the summer months out of the Ajax Community Centre. Before the Second World War, the territory in which Ajax is situated was a rural part of the township of Pickering. Volume 1. Click here to view a map of the postal code prefix L1Z . In 1973, the Town of Ajax conducted a survey of potential transit ridership in Ajax. Durham Region provides Ambulance/emergency medical services. Their clubhouse is located on 1717 Harwood Ave. N, just south of Taunton Rd. At Salem Road is where Highway 401 narrows to three lanes each way, causing a severe traffic bottleneck eastbound during rush hours and special holidays due to increased travel to Ottawa and Montreal. New subdivisions spread over vacant land in central Ajax. Just use our lookup by address feature at the top of the page or click on the our interactive map to access your needed zip code. [8], According to the 2011 Canadian Census,[9] the population of Ajax is 109,600, a 21.6% increase from 2006, which is approximately four times faster growth than Canada as a whole. It is approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario and is bordered by the City of Pickering to the west and north, and the Town of Whitby to the east. [8] In 2018, Ajax Council shifted from two regional councillors and four local councillors to three regional councillors and three local councillors. Having the correct code is essential to your mails delivery. List of postal codes for Canadian postal code prefix L1Z L1Z is located in Ajax East, Ontario, Canada. The Ontario premier Doug Ford had promised to keep the Ajax Downs open after the completion of the casino. The Ajax Rock are a box lacrosse team that, as of 2009, have been promoted to the Senior "A" Major Series Lacrosse league. Construction on a $60 million expansion began in 2007, although that has been marred by the highly controversial closure of the 3 West Mental Health ward in 2008, which was originally to be part of the expansion. Ajax was chosen as the name of this war-born community.[3]. Unsure which city to choose? In addition, three Regional Councillors each represent a ward each. Show map of Regional Municipality of Durham, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic High School, "Ajax, Town Ontario (Census Subdivision)", "The Second World War created Ajax. The emergency and outpatient services were expanded in 1975. Each administrative division maintains its own postal code for mail delivery purposes. The large growth of population in the Town has prompted a further expansion. - Please bookmark this page (add it to your favorites). – Leeish Jul 10 '14 at 17:06 You could try adding region to your request and see if that helps Google disambiguate the value. Approval was granted in the fall of 1990 to further expand. According to the 2011 National Household Survey, 95.3% of Ajax residents are Canadian citizens, and about 7.6% of residents are recent immigrants (from 2001 to 2011). Just click on the location you desire for a postal code/address for your mails destination. Just use our lookup by address feature at the top of the page or click on the our interactive map to access your needed zip code. In 1945, with the closing of D.I.L., there was no industry within the town, but in 1949, Dowty Aerospace started operations in Ajax. Ajax is governed by an elected town Council consisting of a Mayor, and local Councillors representing each of the town's three wards. The recession of the early 1980s did not stop residential development in Ajax. General characteristics, households and families = Population. shell plant was constructed and a townsite grew around the plant. War machines were moved out and the buildings were converted to classrooms and laboratories. The other three are the public secondary schools: Ajax High School, J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate and Pickering High School. Locate the correct postal codes for Ajax in the list above by choosing the destination city or town you are sending to. All addresses will be German addresses and in Germany a 5-digit postal code uniquely determines a city, i.e. The burgeoning community received its name in honour of the first significant British naval victory of the war. Ajax (/ˈeɪdʒæks/; 2016 population 119,677) is a town in Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, located in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area.[1]. Unsure which city to choose? plant site included some 12 km2 (5 sq mi). UI for ASP.NET AJAX (version 2014.2 618 and above) ... postal code, street address or location name. Ajax's racial makeup at that time consisted of White (63.6%), Black (13%), South Asian (10.8%), Southeast & East Asian (5.7%), West Asian & Arab (2.1%), and Aboriginal (0.8%). Ajax is bordered to the west and north by the City of Pickering, to the east by the Town of Whitby and to the south by Lake Ontario. Select the name of the Place/Address/City (in Ontario, Canada) from the suggested list. For those who do identify as religious, the makeup is Christian (81.9%), Muslim (8.5%), Hindu (7.3%) and the remaining 2.3% affiliate with another religion. The unemployment rate in Ajax was 6.4%, which was equal to the Ontario rate, but the employment rate of 69.7% was significantly higher than the Ontario average of 62.8%. Yes, you do have to go through the array and look for the element that has 'postal_code' in its types array, which may be last or first or anywhere in between. Having the correct code is essential to your mails delivery. In the late 1970s, the town brought the operations in house and began operations on the Elm, Duffins, and Beach routes, which exist to this day. Either enter a postal code (eg. You may want to take the postal code from results[0].address_components or from results itself: try with both and see what works best in the area you care about. The members of the elected council as of the 2018 municipal election are:[6], In the past, Council has sat for a three-year term, but the Ontario Legislature increased the length of municipal council terms in Ontario to four years, in 2006. "London") Service on the Puckrin route began in the late 1980s. The entire D.I.L. The racial makeup of Ajax is White (52.5%), Black (16%), South Asian (13.8%), Southeast & East Asian (7.8%), West Asian & Arab (2.7%), Latin American (1%), and Aboriginal (1.7%). We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. plant to house the flood of newly discharged soldiers who had enrolled as engineering students. Besides, which element? 1.7% of the population was multiracial, and the last 2.4% belong to another group. Locate the correct postal codes for Ontario in the list above by clicking the destination region you are sending to. no two cities have the same postal code. By 1969, major employers included Volkswagen Canada, DuPont, Paintplas, Ajax Textile, AEG Bayly Engineering and many others. [7] The last municipal election was held from 15 to 22 October 2018. The town is named for HMS Ajax, a Royal Navy cruiser that served in World War II. This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is L. Postal codes beginning with L are located within the Canadian province of Ontario.Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area. Unsure which city to choose? Note that the postal code may be searched with nearby approximation. [5] Pat Bayly Square opened in September 2018. The town itself was first established in 1941 when a Defence Industries Limited (D.I.L.) There is also a growing rugby union club that has been established since 1949 called the Ajax Wanderers. By 1945 the plant had filled 40 million shells and employed over 9,000 people at peak production. The median age of 35.4 was significantly lower than Toronto's median age of 37.5, Ontario's median age of 39.0, or Canada's median age of 39.5 years old when the overall Ajax population included 22.6% under 15 years of age and 8% aged 65 years and over. When you have eliminated the JavaScript , whatever remains must be an empty page. Ajax (/ ˈ eɪ dʒ æ k s /; 2016 population 119,677) is a town in Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, located in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area.. In 1999, the Hospital merged with Centenary Health Centre in Scarborough to become part of the Rouge Valley Health System. The Municipal Board approved this step, and on December 13, 1954, the people elected the first Town Council and the first Public School Board. The early 1980s brought extensive development to the southern part of Ajax with large, upscale housing units constructed along Lake Driveway. On June 22, 1973, the Ontario Legislature enacted Bill 162 to amalgamate the Town of Ajax and the Village of Pickering and annex certain portions of the Township of Pickering to the Town of Ajax, as part of the creation of the new Durham Region; this also included the remote lakeside Town of Pickering Beach. The Ajax ringette association is popular. "9011", "AB1", "9980-999") or a city (eg. Volume 1. On my node add form, I have an "Address" field; a field collection item that consists of a "Postal code" field, a "City" field, and some other fields. Ajax's land mass is 67.07 km2 with a population density is 1,634.2 people per km2 and it has approximately 35,040 occupied private dwellings. The Region and Town both officially came into being on January 1, 1974. Unsure which city to choose? Notable streets that run parallel to the highway are (from north to south) Taunton Road, Rossland Road, Kingston Road (Highway 2) and Bayly Street. Postal/Zip Code Lookup. This is an online tool (Mashup) to search postal code of a place, address or city in Canada.