Welcome to Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Your Pickering (Pickering, Ajax, Toronto Metro, Scarborough )
area contact is Mary Roy (REMAX Realty First LTD.) Please refer to the "Relocating to Pickering" section to the right for
the phone number, address, website, and email address to contact Mary Roy directly.
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Pickering summary
Pickering is a city located immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada.
Pickering is home to the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, an eight-reactor facility with a capacity of 4,120 megawatts. The first station, Pickering A,
opened with four reactors in 1971. Ontario Power Generation, the plants' operator, is the largest single employer in the city. In 2001, the wind-powered OPG
7 Commemorative Turbine was opened on the generating station site.
A number of manufacturers are also located in the city. Major employers include Yorkville Sound (audio equipment), the Canadian headquarters of Purdue Pharma
(pharmaceuticals and health & beauty products), Hubbell Canada (electrical equipment), PSB Speakers - Lenbrook (stereo equipment) and Eco-Tec Inc. (industrial
water purification and chemical recovery systems).
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Pickering is also the home of the head office of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. MPAC is responsible for value assessment for property tax purposes
for all municipalities in Ontario.
In 2006, Profit magazine recognized Pickering as one of the top 10 cities in Canada to grow a business.
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