Golden Horseshoe

English thumb|Ontario's Golden Horseshoe Etymology Reportedly coined by Westinghouse President Herbert H. Rogge, in a speech to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce on 12 Jan. 1954. Proper noun en proper noun Golden Horseshoe en Canada informal The U-shaped area of the Canadian province of Ontario which extends along the northwestern, western, and southwestern shoreline of Lake Ontario from metropolitan Toronto to the Niagara River, comprising one of Canada's most populated and economically productive regions. en 22 Feb 1960 ‘An Ongoing Process’ https://web.archive.org/web/20101008074613/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939603,00.html Time The big success story in Canada this year is the tale of the 120-mile rim of rolling land that hugs the western shore of Lake Ontario from Oshawa to Niagara Falls. One out of every seven Canadians now lives there. . . . They proudly call the area "the Golden Horseshoe." en 18 May 2007 http://www.thestar.com/article/193001 Editorial: Immigration targets go beyond numbers Toronto Star 8 Sep 2008 Half of those new immigrants came to Ontario. . . . Once here, most of them settled in the Golden Horseshoe area, now home to 8.1 million people, or one-quarter of all Canadians. https://web.archive.org/web/20090227040710/http://www.thestar.com:80/article/193001 27 February 2009 en Ontario, Canada