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Whitby is located in the heart of the Durham region, 48 km (30 miles) east from the centre of the City of Toronto, in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. It has a population of 110,000 people (2006).
The Town of Whitby was incorporated in 1855, three years after it was chosen as the seat of government for the new County of Ontario. Although settlement dates back to 1800, it was not until 1836 that a downtown business centre was established by Whitby's founder Peter Perry.
It is named after the fishing town of in North Yorkshire, England. It is officially "twinned" with Longueuil, Quebec; Feldkirch, Austria and Whitby, England.
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