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Welcome to Harry Naghavi's blog, York Region Home.

Harry has bought and sold homes and businesses all over the GTA, and has first-hand experience moving up from Toronto to York Region. Harry's interests include: Real Estate, family, hunting, fishing, cars, soccer, tennis, horses.

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Thursday, 6 March 2014

Move your Family and your Business to York Region


I love living in York Region, and most of my family and friends are here too, mostly in Newmarket, Aurora, Richmond Hill, and Vaughan. Newmarket is the centre of York Region, and my home.

If you're the kind of person who likes to see numbers, here are some impressive numbers for you to consider.

York Region has about 1.1 million residents. It’s the third largest municipality in Ontario and sixth largest in Canada. York Region is big; it covers 1,762 square kilometres from Lake Simcoe in the north to the city of Toronto in the south

The York Region Administrative Centre, on Yonge Steet in Newmarket


Here are some more facts about York Region from Invest in York, the region's business attraction program.

1st in population growth among Canada’s largest municipalities

42,000 Local Businesses - Ontario’s second largest business centre after the City of Toronto

528,000 Local Jobs - 0.8 million jobs projected by 2030

14 Fortune 100 Corporations have operations in York Region

3,700 ICT Firms - Canada’s second largest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry cluster

70 Employers with over 500 employees; 20 ¬firms with over $0.5 billion in revenue; 98% of businesses are Small-Medium size Enterprises (SMEs)

3rd largest residential construction market in Canada after Vancouver and Toronto

140M North American consumers within a day’s drive (500 mile radius)

The numbers add up nicely, don't they? So, come on! Give me a call and we'll work together to move your family and your business to York Region.

Thursday, 27 February 2014

Choose Newmarket for your Family and Business

If you’re considering moving to Newmarket, good thinking!



I moved up here from Toronto in 1996 and I love it. It’s been a perfect place to raise a family, to do business, and to enjoy life.


Take a look at the Wikipedia page for Newmarket. There is a ton of good information about our town, and lots of great reasons to make it your home. You can follow this link. 

Here are some simple facts from that page:

“According to the 2011 census, the town's population was 79,978. The York Region Planning Department projects a population of 98,000 by 2026. Newmarket's population density is just over 2000 inhabitants per square kilometer, ranking it third in Ontario and 33rd in Canada. 
English is the mother tongue of 77.4% of Newmarket residents, according to the 2011 Census. Italian is the mother tongue for 1.8% of the population, followed by French at 1.4%, and Russian and Spanish, each at 1.3%.
In 2005, the average household income in Newmarket was $96,680.00, far exceeding the provincial average for the same year of $77,967.00”

Check out that bottom line!

If you’re thinking of starting a business, start it here. Newmarket is not only a perfect place to raise a family, but also a great place to do business. People from all over the region come to Newmarket to shop at the Upper Canada Mall, along Yonge Street, on Historic Main Street and all around town. Highway 404 conveniently brings people up into town at Mulock, Davis Drive and Green Lane. 

Although many Newmarket residents commute to jobs in Toronto, something I did for a number of years as well, there are lots of jobs right here. And, the town is growing and improving constantly.  

Here’s what Wikipedia says about our economy:

“Newmarket features a diverse and growing economy based largely in the business services and knowledge industries, and the administrative, manufacturing and retail sectors.
The following are some of the Town's major public sector employers:
Southlake Regional Health Centre
Regional Municipality of York
Town of Newmarket
York Regional Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters
Ontario Court of Justice
York Region District School Board
York Catholic District School Board
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
The following are some of the town's major private sector employers:
Allied International Credit
Flextronics
TS Tech Canada Inc.
Effem Foods
CeDe Candy
Exco Technologies
Magna International
Snap-On Tools
Cintas
Notwithstanding these major employers, a large percentage of Newmarket's population commutes to Toronto for employment.”