Buttonville, Ontario
Buttonville is a suburban planned neighbourhood from a former police village in the city of Markham, Ontario, Canada, west of the larger Unionville neighbourhood. the former hamlet and police village named after its founder, John Button.
Buttonville | |
|---|---|
Planned neighbourhood | |
Location within York | |
| Coordinates: 43°51′52″N 79°21′45″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional municipality | York |
| City | Markham |
| Government | |
| • Founder | William Berczy |
| Elevation | 636 ft (194 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Forward sortation area | L3R |
| Area code(s) | 905 and 289 |
| NTS Map | 030M14 |
| GNBC Code | FANMF |
About 30,000 residents live in the area, which is located along the Woodbine Avenue corridor from approximately Highway 7 in the south to Sixteenth Avenue in the north. The Rouge River is in the northeast and Buttonville Municipal Airport and Highway 404 are in the west, with three interchanges. The residential area is located in the eastern, northeastern, and the northern sections, and the industrial area is to the west and the south down to Highway 7.
The area is home to many technology companies near the airport, which incidentally is the location from which weather reports are taken for Environment and Climate Change Canada by the Department of National Defence. There is talk about renaming the community to the John Button Community after its founder since there has been confusion between Unionville and Buttonville, which is popularly considered to be part of Unionville.