Golden Horseshoe
The
Golden Horseshoe is a densely populated geographical region at the west end of
Lake Ontario in southern
Ontario,
Canada. The built-up region extends from the
Niagara Falls region at the eastern end of the
Niagara Peninsula, west to
Hamilton, and then east again across the northern edge of
Lake Ontario, past
Toronto to, approximately,
Oshawa.
The name of the region is derived from its characteristic horseshoe shape, with Hamilton in the centre and Niagara Falls and Oshawa at either end.