Land use within Whitchurch-Stouffville is diversified and unique. 'W-S'
represents the entire Town, while 'Muss/Ball' represents Musselmans Lake
and Ballantrae. Rural represents the remainder of the Town excluding the
selected communities.
On the land use column, 'Rel / OS' represents recreation open space, 'Resource'
is resource extraction, 'Perm. Resid.' is permanent residential, 'Seas.
Reside' is seasonal residential, 'Vac. Resid.' is vacant residential, 'Vac.
Comm' is vacant commercial, 'Vac. Indust.' is vacant industrial, and 'Trans/Comm'
is transportation and communication.
Notice that over 50% of the land use in Whitchurch-Stouffville is that of
farmland. The numbers represent the area of land for the particular land
use in acres, while the percentages beside the numbers represents the community's
relative land use. To convert acres to hectares simply multiply by 0.4.
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