Official Name: | Coleraine |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated rural community |
Pushpin Map: | Canada#Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Olivet in Canada |
Coordinates: | 43.8203°N -79.6797°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | Regional municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Peel |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Blank1 Name: | GNBC Code |
Blank1 Info: | FASFJ[1] |
Coleraine is an unincorporated rural community in Brampton, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada.[1] [2]
Coleraine was founded in the 1830s.[3] The settlement's name may be derived from the names of two families who settled in the area, the Cole family and the Raines family.[4] The Cole family built a house in the area, and Thomas Cole Jr. served as township councillor from 1863 to 1874.[5]
The settlement had a post office from 1852 to 1916.[6]
The now-extinct Coleraine Wesleyan Methodist Church and its cemetery, Coleraine Burying Grounds, were located west of the settlement. A cairn was erected at the former cemetery by the Town of Vaughan in 1981.[7]
The area is served by two city wards: