Burlington, Ontario

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Burlington
City (lower-tier)
City of Burlington
Brant Street in Downtown Burlington
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Motto:  Stand By
Burlington
Coordinates: 43°22′12″N 79°48′51″W / 43.37000°N 79.81417°W / 43.37000; -79.81417[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Halton
Established	1874
City status	1974
Government
• Mayor	Marianne Meed Ward
• Governing Body	Burlington City Council
• MPs	Karina Gould (Lib), Pam Damoff (Lib), Adam van Koeverden (Lib)
• MPPs	Natalie Pierre (PC), Zee Hamid (PC), Effie Triantafilopoulos (PC)
Area [2]
• Total	185.66 km2 (71.68 sq mi)
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	186,948 (Ranked 28th)
• Density	946.8/km2 (2,452/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Burlingtonian, Burlingtonite
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area	L7L to L7T
Area code(s)	905, 289, 365, and 742
Highways	Queen Elizabeth Way  Highway 403  Highway 407 Former Highway 2 Former Highway 5
Website	www.burlington.ca

Burlington is a city and lower-tier municipality in Halton Region at the west end of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada. Located approximately halfway between Toronto and Niagara Falls, it is part of the Greater Toronto Area and the Hamilton census metropolitan area.