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Ajax, Ont, Town, pop 90 167 (2006c), 73 753 (2001c), inc 1955. Ajax is located 13 km from the eastern boundary of TORONTO on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Ajax became part of the Regional Municipality of Durham in October 1973 and in January 1974 expanded to include the village of Pickering (inc 1953) and part of Pickering Township.
Ajax was established in 1941 to service a munitions plant built on a 1200 ha site. It was named for one of the 3 British Leander-class cruisers that cornered the German pocket battleship Graf Spee in 1939. The streets within the town bear the names of the servicemen who served on the HMS Ajax and its sister ships HMS Exeter and HMS Achilles. After World War II, 7300 returned servicemen took engineering courses offered in Ajax by the University of Toronto. After the Ajax campus closed, the site became home to thousands of refugees from post-war Europe. The "displaced persons (DP)" camp was in operation from 1949 to 1953. After its closure, Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation announced that Ajax would be Canada's first fully-planned industrial and residential centre. Today the town is a light industrial centre. Ajax also functions as a bedroom community for Toronto. The earliest settlers in Pickering Village arrived in 1802. Several of its 19th-century buildings have been preserved including the Quaker Meeting House (c 1867) and a hotel (c 1850). This area now houses restaurants and quaint shops.
 Ajax
Author
GERALD STORTZ
Links to Other Sites
Regional Municipality of Durham
The website for The Regional Municipality of Durham. Many local government links.
Ajax Public Library
Online access to local library and community resources.
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