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Alliston, Ontario is an Ontario community just about 90 kilometres NNW from Toronto, and about 40 km SW of Barrie, about 18 km W of Cookstown, about 10 km N of Tottenham, about 40 km NE of Orangeville and about 28 km E of Shelburne. It is part of the Town of New Tecumseth which is part of Simcoe County. (The 1991 amalgamation of Alliston, nearby villages Beeton and Tottenham, and the Township of Tecumseth, created one legal municipality, the Town of New Tecumseth. Municipal offices for the Town are located in Alliston.) The heart of the community is divided by Highway 89. It was founded in 1847 by English immigrant William Fletcher.

Alliston is located where the corners of four of the original townships of southern Simcoe County (Adjala, Tosorontio, Essa, and Tecumseth) meet.

Earl Rowe Provincial Park is located three kilometers west of Alliston, in the amalgamated Township of Adjala-Tosorontio. It is one of the largest provincial parks in Southern Ontario.

The town grew as a commercial centre for the area farmers and was best known as a potato-growing area. It is still a major industry in the town and is celebrated by the annual Alliston Potato Festival.

Honda of Canada Manufacturing operates an auto manufacturing facility, the biggest industry in Simcoe County, located to the southeast of Alliston, along Simcoe Road 10, about a km south of Highway 89. The facility had a minor fire in the late 1990s. There are now two plants and Honda employs approximately 4,500 people. Plant 1 currently manufactures the Civic (for Canada, U.S., Brazil, & Mexico) and Acura CSX (for Canadian market only), while Plant 2 also builds Civics (sedans for Canada & U.S. only) alongside the Ridgeline pickup truck (for Canada, U.S., & Mexico) and the Acura MDX (for Canada, U.S., Mexico, and China). A third Honda plant, for the manufacture of engines, is being built and is supposed to open in 2008 and since have closed part of Tottenham Road (from Albert Street to Industrial Parkway). Plant 1's driveway has been extended from the former Tottenham Rd out to the new bypass, Simcoe Road 10, which joins up to the original Simcoe Rd 10 at Highway 89, heads south past Honda's Plant 1, curves west and links back up with Tottenham Road at Industrial Parkway. This road opened on December 27, 2006 [1]. There may be a Wal-Mart Supercenter [2] built on this road behind the Ford dealership. [3] This will be one of the several Supercenters in Canada and possibly one of the biggest.

The most famous citizen of Alliston was Sir Frederick Banting the co-discoverer of insulin. The town's only high school is named in his honour, Banting Memorial High School. Another famous resident was Theodore Loblaw of the grocery store chain.

The current mayor of New Tecumseth is Mike McEachern. The Member of Provincial Parliament is Jim Wilson, & the MP of Simcoe-Grey is Helena Guergis, of the Conservative Party of Canada.

• Angus, north
• CFB Borden, north
• Egbert, northeast
• Cookstown, east
• Beeton, southeast
• Tottenham, south
• Hockley, southwest
• Everett, west

• Baxter, east

• Population: 9,679 (2001)
• Area: -
• Density: -
• Location: -
• Postal code: L9R xxx
• Area code: +1-705
• Elevation: about 200 m
• Name of inhabitants: Allistonian sing., -s pl.

The town has two parks- Riverdale Park to the north along the Boyne River and PPG Park to the south, by the local fire department. Major residential areas are located to the north (as Previn Court Homes) and to the south, with additional residential and commercial developments made since then in the northwest (as "Alliston West"), north and southwest since the mid-1990s, with future developments expected in the future that could raise the population from 17,000 to 20,000. The urban area stretches from west to east, is nearly 3 km, and from north to south ranges from 300 m, 600 m to 1 km. Another residential area, adjacent to the Nottawasaga Inn are located 5 km east of Alliston- the first phase built is known as Green Briar; the second phase, to the west of the Inn is known as Briar Hill. The Nottawasaga River is situated east of the town; the Boyne River, which runs through Alliston, joins the Nottawasaga, just downstream from Nicolston Dam. The CPR (Toronto - Parry Sound - Sudbury) runs right up through the middle of town with a siding for Honda vehicles. Many other business thrive today in Alliston. Honda of Canada Manufacturing has two facilities. The CNR tracks through town were lifted about the mid 1990s. The right-of-way is gone - not preserved, unfortunately.

Alliston has two publics Elementary Schools (Ernest Cumberland and Alliston Union ) and two Catholic elementary schools (Holy Family and St. Paul's), one public high school (Banting Memorial), a post office, four banks, a small movie theater, the Circle Theatre, a Library, and several parks. Riverdale Park is the largest, and is adjacent to the Rotary Pool, an outdoor facility. The pool is a large, round concrete wading pool that replaced the original pool many years ago.

The Alliston Fire Station, now known as New Tecumseth Fire Station #1, was officially founded as the Alliston Fire Brigade in 1906 after many years of having a non-incorporated Fire Brigade. Station #1 currently has 29 serving Officers and Firefighters, with the District Chief Hank Williams, Assistant District Chief Ken Beattie as well as 6 other Officers. The New Tecumseth Fire Department is a Composite Department with a full time Fire Chief Dan Heydon and a Fire Prevention Officer Simon Worley, all other members are "Volunteers" or part time Firefighters on 24 hour call seven days a week.

Jungle gyms at the parks were donated by the Kinsmen, a local charity group.

• Theodore Loblaw

• Alliston, Ontario is at coordinates 44°08′60″N 79°51′48″W / 44.1499, -79.8632Coordinates: 44°08′60″N 79°51′48″W / 44.1499, -79.8632
• The Alliston Herald: Alliston's most reliable news source since 1870
• Daily source of local hard news and information
• Official Town of New Tecumseth website
• Community Website for Simcoe County and New Tecumseth
• Community Information Centre for South Simcoe