William Teron, OC

Order of Canada

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 (born 1932) is a Canadian

Canada

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 real estate executive who is known as the "Father of Kanata

Kanata

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Born in Gardenton

Gardenton, Manitoba

Gardenton is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn....

, Manitoba

Manitoba

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, he moved to Ottawa

Ottawa

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 when he was eighteen. He started his own company, Golden Ridge Developments Ltd. He is responsible for two suburban developments in the Ottawa area - the development of the former hamlet of Bells Corners, Ontario

Bells Corners, Ontario

Bells Corners is a suburban community in the city of Ottawa, Canada. As of the Canada 2006 Census, it had a population of 9,799.-History:...

 into a garden suburb (through the development of housing estates called Lynwood Park and Arbeatha Park in the early 1960s) - and the creation of the city of Kanata

Kanata

Kanata is an aboriginal word meaning "village" or "settlement."- Name of Canada :Until the mid-20th century, the Mohawk word "kanata" was thought to have been the origin of Canada's name...

 (later amalgamated into greater Ottawa) from a greenfield site in the Township of March

March Township, Ontario

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, west of the Ottawa Greenbelt.

From 1973 to 1979, he was the Chairman and President of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

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 (CMHC). He is the founder of Teron International Building Technologies.

In 1982, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

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. In 1978, he was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

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