Caledonia is located at the intersection of Highway 6 and Haldimand Highway 54. On Highway 6, Caledonia is 10km south of Hamilton and 10km north of Hagersville. On Haldimand Highway 54, the town is 15km east of Brantford ON and 10km west of Cayuga ON. Caledonia was incorporated as a village in 1844 and later recognized as a town. In 1974, the own was amalgamated into Haldimand-Norfolk. Although Caledonia is the largest community in Haldimand, the corridor was located in Cayuga. In 2001, Haldimand and Norfolk were divided and all other municipalities were dissolved. They were split into two single tier municipalities. Caledonia is now an unincorporated community. In 2006, there was a huge land dispute about the Grand River, which brought a lot of attention to Caledonia. The land at was in dispute in Caledonia covered over 40 hectares of land. The dispute was about turning the land into residential subdivisions however; the Six Nations still maintain the title to the land.