Time Zone: Alliston lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).

Telephone area codes for Alliston: (705) & (249)^<2>

Communities near Alliston ...

The following is a sample of nearby communities. Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Alliston and not the distance if you drove it.^<3>.

Community	2006 ^<4> Population	Direction	Distance
Barrie [Map]	128,430	NE	18 miles [29 km]
Beeton [Map]	---	SE	5 miles [8 km]
Colgan [Map]	---	S	7 miles [11.3 km]
Cookstown [Map]	---	E	8 miles [12.9 km]
Everett [Map]	---	NW	4 miles [6.4 km]
Loretto [Map]	---	S	7 miles [11.3 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Nearby Page for Alliston.

Communities Also Named Alliston ...

Using our Gazetteer, we have found another community named Alliston - it's located in Prince Edward Island.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alliston.

See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...

We have a couple of sections that should be of interest to those chasing their genealogy.

We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alliston. We make it easy to see an overhead view of the cemetery.

These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Alliston:

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alliston ...

Looking for more information about Alliston? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you get an overview with links that will help you to find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Alliston, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information and a map of those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Tourism Map for Alliston.

Search for Local Businesses ...

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Alliston. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.

If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.

Other Roadside Stops ...

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Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alliston. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alliston - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Area code (249) is an overlay for area code (705). For more about area code overlays, please see our Glossary for Alliston. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance beginning in Alliston. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alliston) to Point B. If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Alliston. Since we usually use Google Maps, we've provided the following link: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Alliston Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alliston. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1500, Longitude: -79.8667 [Map]. - Return to Citation
<4>	Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use should be considered estimates. Our population values for Alliston were taken from various sources and although they can be traced back to Statistics Canada (StatCan), they should not be considered official. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Alliston.