550th Celebrations: Brampton To Name A Street After Guru Nanak Dev Ji

At its meeting on October 23rd, Brampton City Council unanimously passed a motion moved by Regional Councillor Gurpreet Singh Dhillon and City Councillor Harkirat Singh to rename the section of Peter Robertson Blvd between Dixie Road and Great Lakes Road to ‘Guru Nanak Street’ or ‘Guru Nanak Road’, in honour of the 550th birth anniversary of the Sikh religion’s founder, Guru Nanak.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

BRAMPTON– In a Canadian first, the Indo-Canadian dominated locality of Brampton, Ontario has decided to name a city street after one of the greatest humanitarians and a spiritual entity of the highest order – the founder of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

City of Brampton Public Works and Engineering staff were directed to immediately undertake the renaming in time for Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary, also known as ‘Gurpurab’, which will be celebrated globally by both Sikhs and non-Sikhs alike.

The Guru Nanak Mission Centre Gurdwara, which possesses the only municipal address on the stretch of road to be renamed, endorsed the name change and expressed their appreciation on behalf of the local congregation and nearly 200,000 residents of Sikh faith in Brampton.

“Brampton is home to one of the largest Sikh populations in the world, and have contributed greatly to the social, economic, political, and cultural fabric of our great city,” said Councillor Dhillon. “Guru Nanak’s teachings of oneness of humanity, gender equality, and care of the less fortunate, align with Brampton’s values.”

Councillor Singh added: “I am proud our Council has moved to celebrate its vast cultural diversity, which includes people from all different religions, backgrounds, and ethnicities”

The naming of the road is subject to appropriate approvals from the Region of Peel’s Street Naming Committee, and official ceremony will dates will be announced shortly.