Discover Peel Regional Municipality

Peel Regional Municipality offers options for different travel plans: trails between communities, natural areas, local food and culture. Would you most like to spend time outdoors, discover local produce or include a cultural stop?

Trails between communities and through the countryside

Peel installs tourist destination signs along regional roads to guide visitors to local attractions and services. One specific route for active exploration is the Etobicoke Creek Recreational Trail: it connects Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon. You can walk, hike or cycle continuously between the three municipalities. This sets the trail apart from a single loop with specific route features: it connects several municipalities.

One example of a loop is the Rattray Marsh Loop in Mississauga. This moderately difficult, paved trail starts at Meadow Wood Park and offers views of the lake, forest and wetlands. Lakefront Promenade Park is also located along Mississauga’s waterfront and includes the Waterfront Trail. The Waterfront Trail itself runs through Mississauga and beyond. When finding your way around, it’s helpful to distinguish the park as a specific waterfront location from the trail as a longer route.

Natural areas and varied landscapes

Claireville Conservation Area is a 540-hectare natural and forested area spanning Peel and Toronto. Palgrave Forest and Wildlife Area is smaller, at 306 hectares, and is located in Peel on the Oak Ridges Moraine. Its landscape includes forests, meadows, waterways, wetlands and ponds. The two areas therefore offer different scales and landscape features to consider when planning your visit.

Glen Haffy Conservation Park combines two specific activities: fishing in ponds stocked with rainbow trout and hiking on trails through old-growth forests along the Niagara Escarpment and the Oak Ridges Moraine. If you’re planning time outdoors, you can distinguish between fishing and hiking rather than treating both as the same type of outing.

Local food and seasonal offerings

The Grown in Peel Local Food Guide provides information about farms and farmers’ markets in Peel. It covers locally produced vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, honey, maple syrup and plants from more than 36 locations in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga. The product categories give an overview of what the guide covers; individual listings and availability can change. Check specific details before visiting.

Fresh blueberries, blackberries and raspberries offered by farms and markets in Peel during berry season are another seasonal option. Since this offering is seasonal, it can be a possible focus for travel at the right time of year, without assuming a specific calendar date.

Caledon: hiking trails and heritage tours

The Bruce Trail section in the Caledon Hills includes more than 72 kilometres of main trail and more than 45 kilometres of side trails. The Caledon Trailway has a different stated function: it forms part of the Greenbelt Route and includes its only off-road section in the northern part of the 475-kilometre cycling route. The 15-kilometre Humber Valley Heritage Trail connects the Caledon Trailway in Albion Hills Conservation Area with Bolton. These details help you distinguish routes by their length and connections.

For a historical and cultural walk, self-guided Heritage Walking Tours pass through early Euro-Canadian settlements in Alton, Belfountain, Bolton, Caledon East, Caledon Village, Cheltenham, Inglewood, Mono Mills and Terra Cotta in the Town of Caledon. Check the tour information before your trip.

Culture in Peel

The exhibition “Yours to Discover: Sights/Sites of Peel Region” conveys a sense of place unique to Peel. At PAMA, the galleries welcome visitors. Year-round, you can request a personal tour with a Visitor Service Guide for the price of admission. The tour is therefore an option you can request, with the admission price to keep in mind.

More destinations

Discover more destinations: Brampton, Mississauga, Manicouagan, Greater Sudbury Division, Prescott And Russell United Counties, Renfrew County, Dufferin County, Algoma District.

For the broader travel overview: Ontario.