Sister Cities of Cary Markham, Canada

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SISTER CITIES OF CARY, Inc.

A 501(c)(3) Corporation

Established 1989

Cary, NC, USA

SCA of Cary

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Markham is a town located in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada. It is directly north of Toronto, and is part of Toronto's Census Metropolitan Area. Despite its qualifications regarding population, it has not had the title of city conferred upon it by the province, and retains its legal status as a town.

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Signing in Markham of the

Sister Cities agreement

between the Towns of

Cary and Markham.

INTERNATIONAL ART EXCHANGE

Text Box: In 2004, the Sister Cities Commission hosted an exhibit of 20 works by 14 artists from Markham entitled . The exhibit displayed at the Page-Walker from July 31st to August 28th. In 2006, the Town of Markham hosted an exhibit of 25 artists from Cary entitled “The Spirit of Cary”. This exhibit displayed at the Varley Art Gallery from September 7th to October 8th.

This exchange of artwork was made possible

in part by grants from the Lazy Daze Grants.

John Webster, the “Official

Town Crier” for the Town of

Markham visited Cary for Lazy

Daze 2003 and 2004. His wife,

Mary Webster is the “Official

Wife of the Town Crier.”

Regaling the community with

proclamations both wide and

far, he soon became a festival favorite. Following Lazy Daze in 2004, the Mayor of Cary proclaimed him as Cary’s “Official Honorary Town Crier.”

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John and Mary Webster

At Cary Lazy Daze

Text Box: FESTIVALS ABOUND IN MARKHAM Urban Fishing Festival Simcoe Day Festival Unionville Celtic Festival Multicultural Festival Jazz Festival Heritage & Big Band Festival Wine Tasting Festival Milliken Mill Children’s Festival Olden Days and Antique Cars Festival Thornhill Village Festival AppleFest Markham Fair Village Festival of Lights Olde Tyme Christmas

MARKHAM

PROVINCE:

Ontario

REGION:

York

AREA:

212.47 km²

POPULATION:

261,573

Ø FESTIVALS Ø RESEARCH PARK Ø THEATRE Ø GALLERIES

Ø FRIENDS Ø MARKETS Ø HERITAGE Ø CONCERTS Ø GOLF

Text Box: DID YOU KNOW? Canada is one of sixteen states in a personal union known as a Commonwealth Realm. Though they share a single monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II), each is sovereign and independent of the others. Canada was declared fully independent in 1982 by the Queen.

Text Box: EXCHANGES 2007 Ian Henshaw visited Markham for opening of Cary art exhibit at Varley. He presented Town of Cary flag to Markham. 2007 Anna Nguyen travels to Markham and receives Markham flag. 2006 25 Cary Artists exhibit art work at Varley Art Gallery in Markham. 2006 Delegation of 1 attended art gallery reception, and toured Markham. Delegation of 1 visited Markham and presented Council with Town of Cary flag. 2005 Markham Town Crier attends Lazy Daze. 2004 Markham Town Crier is named Honorary Cary Town Crier. 2004 Delegation of … attend Lazy Daze. 2004 Markham Artists exhibit art work at Page-Walker as part of visual art exchange. 2003 2002 Cary and Markham sign proclamation declaring Markham as our 4th Sister City. And many others!