The mill became the centre of settlement for others as they settled in the region. Martin built a grist mill along the creek and created a pond, known as Mill Pond, to power his mill. Martin was granted 100 acres (40 ha) of land, from the Crown in 1820, designated Lot 14, Concession 2, Township of Trafalgar, Halton County, in the District of Gore.

The town took root out of a settlement by Jasper Martin along the Sixteen Mile Creek Martin immigrated from Newcastle upon Tyne, England with his wife Sarah Coates and two sons on May 17, 1818. Significant municipalities found within the lands of the Ajetance Purchase of 1818 include Brampton and Milton. 1829), on behalf of the assembled people, readily agreed to the sale of their lands for £522.10 of goods paid annually. In their enfeebled state, Chief Ajetance (d. The continuous inflow of settlers into their lands and fisheries had weakened the Mississaugas’ traditional economy and had left them in a state of impoverishment and a rapidly declining population. The Deputy Superintendent of the Indian Department, William Claus, met with the Mississaugas from October 27–29, 1818, and proposed that the Mississaugas sell their 648,000 acres of land in exchange for an annual amount of goods. In mid-October, 1818, the Chippewa ceded their land to the Crown in the Lake Simcoe-Nottawasaga Treaty and, by the end of October, the Crown sought to purchase the adjacent lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit. The Mississaugas of the Credit held 648,000 acres of land north of the Head of the Lake Purchase lands and extending to the unceded territory of the Chippewa of Lakes Huron and Simcoe. Milton is situated on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO world biosphere reserve and the Bruce Trail. Ĭonsisting of 365 square kilometres (141 sq mi) of land area, Milton is located 40 km (25 mi) west of Downtown Toronto on Highway 401, and is the western terminus for the Milton line commuter train and bus corridor operated by GO Transit. It remained the fastest growing community in Ontario but was deemed to be the sixth fastest growing in Canada at that time. In 2016, Milton's census population was 110,128 with an estimated growth to 228,000 by 2031.

Between 20, Milton was the fastest growing municipality in Canada, with a 71.4% increase in population from 2001 to 2006 and another 56.5% increase from 2006 to 2011. Milton ( 2016 census population 110,128) is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area.

Milton township hall