Vaughan | |
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| City of Vaughan | |
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 Location of Vaughan within York Region | |
  Vaughan Vaughan in relation to southern Ontario | |
| Coordinates:43°51′10″N79°32′07″W / 43.85278°N 79.53528°W /43.85278; -79.53528[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional Municipality | York |
| Communities | List of major subdivisions |
| Settled | 1792 |
| Incorporated | |
| • Township | 1850 |
| • City | 1991 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal (City) |
| • Mayor • Deputy Mayor | Steven Del Duca Linda D. Jackson |
| • Regional Councillors | Mario Ferri Gino Rosati Mario Racco |
| • City Manager | Nick Spensieri |
| • Governing Body | Vaughan City Council |
| • MPs, andMPPs | |
| Area | |
| • Land | 272.44 km2 (105.19 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 323,103 (17th) |
| • Density | 1,185.9/km2 (3,071/sq mi) |
| • Total Private Dwellings | 107,159 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 905, 289, 365, and 742 |
| Website | www |
Vaughan (/vɑːn/vawn) (2021 population 323,103)[2] is a city inOntario, Canada. It is located in theRegional Municipality of York, just north ofToronto. Vaughan was the fastest-growing municipality in Canada between 1996 and 2006 with its population increasing by 80.2% during this time period and having nearly doubled in population since 1991.[3] In 2021, the population of Vaughan was 323,103.[2] It is the fifth-largest city in theGreater Toronto Area, and the17th-largest city in Canada.
The township was named afterBenjamin Vaughan, aBritish commissioner who signed a peace treaty with theUnited States in 1783.
In the late pre-contact period, theHuron-Wendat people populated what is today Vaughan. The Skandatut ancestral Wendat village overlooked the east branch of theHumber River (Pine Valley Drive) and was once home to approximately 2,000 Huron in the sixteenth century.[4] The site is close to a Huronossuary (mass grave) uncovered inKleinburg in 1970, and one kilometre north of the Seed-Barker Huron site.[5]
The first European to pass through Vaughan was theFrench explorerÉtienne Brûlé, who traversed the Humber Trail in 1615. However, it was not untiltownships were created in 1792 that Vaughan began to see European settlements, as it was considered to be extremely remote and the lack of roads through the region made travel difficult.
Despite the hardships ofpioneer life, settlers came to Vaughan in considerable numbers. The population grew from 19 men, 5 women, and 30 children in 1800 to 4,300 in 1840. The first people to arrive were mainlyPennsylvania Germans, with a smaller number of families ofEnglish descent and a group ofFrenchRoyalists. This migration from theUnited States was by 1814 superseded by immigrants fromBritain. While many of their predecessors had been agriculturalists, the newer immigrants were highly skilled tradespeople, useful for a growingcommunity.
Among the facilities established by this group were a number of hamlets, the oldest of which wasThornhill, where a sawmill was erected in 1801, a grist mill in 1815, and had a population of 300 by 1836. Other such enclaves includedKleinburg,Coleraine,Rupertville[6](Maple),Richmond Hill,Teston,Claireville,Pine Grove, Carrville, Patterson, Burlington,Concord, Edgeley, Fisherville, Elder's Mills, Elgin Mills, Jefferson, Nashville, Purpleville, Richvale, Sherwood, Langstaff, Vellore, andBurwick (Woodbridge).[7]
In 1846, the Township was primarily agricultural but had a population of 4,300. There were six grist mills and 25 saw mills.[8] By 1935, there were 4,873 residents.
However,World War II sparked an influx of immigration, and by 1960, the population stood at 15,957. The ethnocultural composition of the area began to change with the arrival of different groups such asItalians,Jews andEastern Europeans.
Incorporated in 1850 asVaughan Township, a municipal government was established, and meetings were held at the "Township Hall" (Vaughan Memorial Hall) in Vellore.Vaughan Road was a historic road constructed in 1850 that linked Vaughan Township withToronto. It incorporated parts of present-dayDufferin Street north ofEglinton Avenue in Toronto, though all that remains of it today is the separate alignment farther south, running through the eastern half of the formerCity of York.[9]Highway 7 was built from Vaughan to Thornhill between 1928 and 1932, andHighway 400 toBarrie completed in 1951. Starting in the late 1950s, major municipal roads including Bathurst, Dufferin, Jane and Keele Streets that had been gravel were starting to be paved in the municipality.[10]
In 1971, the new regional government ofYork Region was established, acquiring policing and welfare services from the communities it served; simultaneously, the township merged with the Village ofWoodbridge to form the Town of Vaughan. In 1991, it changed its legal status to City of Vaughan.[11]
Two F2 tornadoes tore through the city of Vaughan during theSouthern Ontario Tornado Outbreak on August 20, 2009. PremierDalton McGuinty and MayorLinda Jackson toured the destruction the next day and reported 200 homes in critical shape and as many as 600 additional homes likely to be demolished. The tornadoes also ripped up trees, flipped cars, and left thousands of people without electricity. Vaughan declared astate of emergency because of the widespread damage.[12][13] No deaths were reported from the tornadoes, but one man who was injured in the storms suffered a heart attack the following morning.[14]
North American telephone customers placing calls to Vaughan may not recognize the charge details on their billings. Although Vaughan has been a single municipality since 1971, the localincumbent local exchange carrier,Bell Canada, splits the city into three historical rate centres–Kleinburg,Maple and Woodbridge. Part of theThornhill rate centre extends into Vaughan. Indeed, Vaughan does not even appear in the telephone book.
Vaughan is governed by aten-member council comprising a mayor, four regional councillors, and five local councillors. The mayor, elected at large, is the head of the council and a representative onYork Region Council. The four regional councillors are also elected at large, and serve on both the city council and York Regional Council. Five local councillors are also elected, one from each of Vaughan's five wards, to represent those wards on Vaughan Council.
City councillors meet at Vaughan City Hall, located in Maple. The city's City Hall was opened on September 25, 2011, and is named in memory of late MayorLorna Jackson. The new Civic Centre is one of the first in Canada to conform to aLEED Gold Standard, the second highest environmental classification available.[15]
Vaughan is the first municipality in Ontario to have a Youth City Councillor. The youth city councillor is appointed as a non-voting member of Council every six months to represent the youth of Vaughan. Vaughan council originally rejected the proposal of a youth councillor but, after the Vaughan Youth Cabinet amended its proposal, Council accepted the recommendation.[16]
After serving as mayor for nine years,Lorna Jackson saw the Town of Vaughan become incorporated as the City of Vaughan.[17] Following the death of Mayor Lorna Jackson in 2002,Michael Di Biase was appointed mayor by Vaughan council by virtue of his position as one of two regional councillors representing Vaughan, Joyce Frustaglio was the other regional councillor. Gino Rosati, a Vaughan local councillor, was subsequently appointed by Vaughan Council to fill Di Biase's position as regional councillor and a by-election was held to fill Rosati's local councillor's position which was won byLinda Jackson, the daughter of Mayor Jackson. Di Biase first became involved in the city's politics in 1985, when he was elected as a local councillor in 1985. Di Biase retained the mayorship in the2003 municipal election, defeating challenger Robert Craig.
In themunicipal election on November 13, 2006, Di Biase was narrowly defeated by Linda Jackson, who was sworn in as mayor on December 4, 2006. On June 18, 2008, an audit of Jackson's 2006 campaign finances found that the politician exceeded her legal spending limit of $120,419 by at least $12,356, or 10 per cent. The auditors, LECG Canada Ltd., say that amount could almost double if what they believed to be unreported contributions in kind at various election events but couldn't prove are later verified.[18]
They also found other apparent contraventions of theCanada Elections Act, including at least five instances where associated companies made donations that exceeded the normal $750 donation limit per company.
On June 24, 2008, Vaughan Council voted unanimously to hire a special prosecutor to consider laying charges against Mayor Linda Jackson under the Municipal Elections Act in reaction to the auditors' report. Council hired Timothy Wilkin, "an expert in municipal law" to decide what if any charges are to be laid.[19] If Jackson is charged and found guilty, she would face punishments ranging from fines to removal from office.[needs update]
Subsequently, an audit was conducted on former Mayor Di Biase's 2006 election campaign funds. This exposed 27 contraventions under the Elections Act, along with a $155,000 anonymous cash payment made to his lawyer to cover his legal fees. Di Biase has refused to disclose who made this payment.[20]
On 25 October 2010, longtimeMPMaurizio Bevilacqua was elected mayor and he assumed office in December 2010.
On 24 October 2022, formerOntario Liberal Party leaderSteven Del Duca was elected mayor; he assumed office on November 15, 2022. Del Duca is the architect of the Protecting Vulnerable Social Infrastructure By-law, which prohibits nuisance demonstrations within 100 metres of the property line of child-care centres, congregate care facilities, hospitals, schools and places of worship. The bylaw was unanimously approved by Vaughan Council on June 25, 2024, making it the first municipality in Canada to adopt such legislation.[21]
Vaughan is bounded byCaledon andBrampton to the west,King andRichmond Hill to the north,Markham and Richmond Hill to the east, andToronto — in the dissolved cities ofEtobicoke andNorth York, to the south.
The city is made up of nearly a dozen historic communities. Likely as a result of the municipality being established when it was still largely a rural area with scattered settlements, most residents (and even non-residents) identify more with the larger communities than they do with the city as a whole and have greatly expanded their areas, and the City officially designates five in the urban area as major communities, with all of the built-up areas of the city considered as being within one of them. This includes corporations such asBell Canada, which uses the original communityrate centres and lists them separately in the phone book, resulting in local calling areas being different throughout the city.
TheVaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) is a 179-hectare (442 acre)city centre under development around the intersection ofHighway 7 andJane Street, at the site of the former hamlet ofEdgeley.
When the Township of Vaughan officially became a town in 1971, it was made up four historic communities (Maple, Kleinburg, Thornhill and Woodbridge) large enough to have their own village or town centres. Vaughan committed to building a new business and commercial core distinct from all of them. This commitment became policy in 1998 when Official Plan Amendment 500 called for the Vaughan Corporate Centre, as it was then branded, to become a focal point for business activity and major commercial development.[23]
It is served by theVaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station, which is the northwestern terminus ofLine 1 Yonge–University of theToronto subway system. It is also a major transit hub forYork Region Transit (YRT), as well asViva andZüm bus rapid transit services.[24]
Vaughan, like much of theGreater Toronto Area, features ahumid continental climate (Dfb) and has four distinct seasons.
| Climate data forWoodbridge (Vaughan) Climate ID: 6159575; coordinates43°47′N79°36′W / 43.783°N 79.600°W /43.783; -79.600 (Woodbridge); elevation: 164 m (538 ft); 1981–2010 normals | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.5 (59.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 31.5 (88.7) | 33.0 (91.4) | 36.0 (96.8) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.2 (99.0) | 36.1 (97.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) | −0.5 (31.1) | 4.3 (39.7) | 12.0 (53.6) | 18.8 (65.8) | 24.1 (75.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.9 (69.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 6.9 (44.4) | 0.8 (33.4) | 12.6 (54.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) | −4.8 (23.4) | −0.4 (31.3) | 6.6 (43.9) | 12.9 (55.2) | 18.1 (64.6) | 20.8 (69.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 9.0 (48.2) | 3.1 (37.6) | −2.8 (27.0) | 7.6 (45.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) | −9.2 (15.4) | −5.2 (22.6) | 1.2 (34.2) | 6.8 (44.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 14.7 (58.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 4.0 (39.2) | −0.8 (30.6) | −6.4 (20.5) | 2.5 (36.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.5 (−30.1) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −29.4 (−20.9) | −17.2 (1.0) | −6.7 (19.9) | −1.7 (28.9) | 2.8 (37.0) | −0.6 (30.9) | −5.0 (23.0) | −11.7 (10.9) | −18.3 (−0.9) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −34.5 (−30.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 50.3 (1.98) | 44.2 (1.74) | 49.2 (1.94) | 63.3 (2.49) | 79.1 (3.11) | 76.3 (3.00) | 70.4 (2.77) | 80.4 (3.17) | 84.6 (3.33) | 66.5 (2.62) | 78.3 (3.08) | 57.4 (2.26) | 799.8 (31.49) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 20.4 (0.80) | 23.2 (0.91) | 31.4 (1.24) | 59.6 (2.35) | 79.1 (3.11) | 76.3 (3.00) | 70.4 (2.77) | 80.4 (3.17) | 84.6 (3.33) | 66.0 (2.60) | 71.1 (2.80) | 34.6 (1.36) | 697.0 (27.44) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 29.9 (11.8) | 21.1 (8.3) | 17.8 (7.0) | 3.7 (1.5) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.45 (0.18) | 7.2 (2.8) | 22.8 (9.0) | 102.8 (40.5) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 13.5 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 137.4 |
| Average rainy days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 4.2 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 108.3 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.2 cm) | 10.2 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.23 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 34.3 |
| Source:Environment and Climate Change Canada[25] | |||||||||||||
Vaughan was the largest city in Canada without a hospital[26] until the 2021 opening ofCortellucci Vaughan Hospital onMajor Mackenzie Drive north of Canada's Wonderland.[27] Its planning began in 2007.[28] The provincialgovernment of Ontario approved construction of the hospital in July 2011, and a tender for bids to construct it was issued in 2014 or 2015.[29] Land preparation for construction began in the summer of 2014.[30] Construction on the grounds began in October 2016. The expected date of completion was late 2020.[31] It is part of a regional hospital system with a "single governance, administration and medical staff"[29] managed byMackenzie Health. Officially opened on 6 June 2021, the hospital is 1.2 million square feet and has 350 beds.[32] Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital is Canada's first smart hospital, with technology that lets medical systems and devices communicate with each other to maximize information exchange and improve patient care.[33]
Vaughan offers a complex transportation infrastructure, which includeshighways,public transit,regional roads, municipality-funded roads, andtrain services.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 16,189 | — |
| 1976 | 18,120 | +11.9% |
| 1981 | 30,386 | +67.7% |
| 1986 | 67,595 | +122.5% |
| 1991 | 115,477 | +70.8% |
| 1996 | 132,549 | +14.8% |
| 2001 | 182,022 | +37.3% |
| 2006 | 238,866 | +31.2% |
| 2011 | 288,301 | +20.7% |
| 2016 | 306,233 | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 323,103 | +5.5% |
| [34][35][36][37][38][2] | ||
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Vaughan had a population of323,103 living in103,914 of its107,159 total private dwellings, a change of5.5% from its 2016 population of306,233. With a land area of 272.44 km2 (105.19 sq mi), it had a population density of1,186.0/km2 (3,071.6/sq mi) in 2021.[39]
Median age as of 2021 was 41.6, on par with the Ontario median age of 41.6.[2]
According to the 2021 Census,English is themother tongue of 45.2% of the residents of Vaughan.Italian is the mother tongue for 9.8% of the population, followed byRussian (6.0%) andMandarin (4.0%). Each ofSpanish,Persian,Cantonese,Urdu,Punjabi,Hebrew,Tagalog (Filipino),Vietnamese,Portuguese, andKorean have a percentage ranging from 2.9% to 1.3%, signifying Vaughan's high linguistic diversity.[2]
As of 2021, most reported religion among the population wasChristianity (53.1%), withCatholicism (38.6%) making up the largest denomination. This was followed byJudaism (13.2%),Islam (7.4%),Hinduism (4.8%),Buddhism (2.4%) andSikhism (1.8%). 17.0% of the population did not identify with a particular religion.[2]
| Ethnic Origin (2021) | Population | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Italian | 85,030 | 26.5 |
| Chinese | 27,235 | 8.5 |
| Jewish | 25,325 | 7.9 |
| Russian | 18,245 | 5.7 |
| Canadian | 17,780 | 5.5 |
| East Indian | 17,330 | 5.4 |
| Polish | 9,885 | 3.1 |
| Filipino | 9,140 | 2.9 |
| Portuguese | 8,300 | 2.6 |
| English | 8,265 | 2.6 |
| Vietnamese | 7,305 | 2.3 |
| Ukrainian | 7,080 | 2.2 |
| Iranian | 6,935 | 2.2 |
| Irish | 6,715 | 2.1 |
| Scottish | 5,895 | 1.8 |
As of 2021,visible minorities make up 35.4% of the population.[2]
| Panethnic group | 2021[40] | 2016[41] | 2011[37] | 2006[42] | 2001[43] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||
| European[a] | 187,985 | 58.5% | 195,830 | 64.39% | 195,770 | 68.38% | 174,485 | 73.31% | 146,965 | 80.93% | ||||
| South Asian | 35,890 | 11.17% | 30,610 | 10.06% | 27,725 | 9.68% | 20,370 | 8.56% | 10,665 | 5.87% | ||||
| East Asian[b] | 33,855 | 10.54% | 26,420 | 8.69% | 18,035 | 6.3% | 13,070 | 5.49% | 8,550 | 4.71% | ||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 17,625 | 5.49% | 12,975 | 4.27% | 9,000 | 3.14% | 5,825 | 2.45% | 2,250 | 1.24% | ||||
| Southeast Asian[d] | 16,920 | 5.27% | 15,525 | 5.1% | 16,320 | 5.7% | 9,655 | 4.06% | 4,725 | 2.6% | ||||
| African | 10,510 | 3.27% | 8,325 | 2.74% | 7,765 | 2.71% | 6,110 | 2.57% | 3,580 | 1.97% | ||||
| Latin American | 8,320 | 2.59% | 7,360 | 2.42% | 6,055 | 2.11% | 4,810 | 2.02% | 2,165 | 1.19% | ||||
| Indigenous | 675 | 0.21% | 630 | 0.21% | 555 | 0.19% | 320 | 0.13% | 180 | 0.1% | ||||
| Other/Multiracial[e] | 9,540 | 2.97% | 6,465 | 2.13% | 5,080 | 1.77% | 3,355 | 1.41% | 2,515 | 1.38% | ||||
| Total responses | 321,315 | 99.45% | 304,145 | 99.32% | 286,300 | 99.31% | 238,005 | 99.64% | 181,600 | 99.77% | ||||
| Total population | 323,103 | 100% | 306,233 | 100% | 288,301 | 100% | 238,866 | 100% | 182,022 | 100% | ||||
| Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses | ||||||||||||||
The total crime against persons in 2017 was 619.43 per 100,000 population, with 1.49 per 100,000 being violations causing death.[44]Organized crime also has a notable presence in Vaughan.[45] Notable incidents include mob shootings outside the Terrace Banquet Hall in July 2013 resulting in two deaths, one of which was mobsterSalvatore Calautti[46] and the Regina Sports Café in April 2014 resulting in the death ofCarmine Verduci,[47] as well as the Woodbridge Cafe shooting at Islington Avenue and Highway 7 in June 2015.[48] Three killings in March 2017; on March 14, a 28-year-old Vaughan woman was shot as she sat in a car parked outside of a lighting business on Caster Avenue, on March 23, a shooting of a 26-year-oldAjax man at Jane Street and Highway 7,[49] and on March 30, a private social club shooting near Martin Grove Road and Highway 7.[50] In April 2017, MayorMaurizio Bevilacqua spoke after the third March murder, stating people "should not live in fear".[51][52]
On July 18, 2019, theYork Regional Police announced the largest organized crime bust in Ontario, part of an 18-month long operation called Project Sindicato that was also coordinated with theItalian State Police.[53] York Regional Police had arrested 15 people in Canada and seized $35 million worth of homes, sports cars and cash in a major trans-Atlantic probe targeting the most prominent wing of the'Ndrangheta in Canada (theSiderno Group), allegedly headed by Angelo Figliomeni of Vaughan. On July 14 and 15, approximately 500 officers raided 48 homes and businesses across the GTA, seizing 27 homes worth $24 million, 23 cars, including fiveFerraris, and $2 million in cash and jewelry.[54] The charges laid included tax evasion, money laundering, defrauding the government and participating in a criminal organization.[55] The investigation was motivated by a series of violent incidents in Vaughan in 2017 according to CBC News, "including an attempted murder, drive-by shootings and arsons". The charges laid included tax evasion, money laundering, defrauding the government and participating in a criminal organization.[56][57][58]
In response to increasing hate crimes, on June 5, 2024, Vaughan became the first municipality in Ontario to introduce a "bubble zone" bylaw that prohibits demonstrations within 100 metres of vulnerable social infrastructure, such as religious institutions, schools, child care centres, hospitals and assisted living facilities.[59]
Vaughan is home to many amateur sports teams for a variety of sports, with an organization running a league for each of thefour major sports. There are also rep and select levels of these sports where the Vaughan Rangers, Vaughan Panthers, and Vaughan Kings represent the city in youth hockey,[70][71] the Vaughan Vikings represent the city in baseball,[72] the Vaughan Rebels represent the city in football,[73] and the Vaughan Panthers, and Royals United represent the city in basketball.[74][75] Vaughan also has a high softball following, with the Vaughan Vikings and Woodbridge Warriors offering house league and rep opportunities, as well as and adult World Series Slo Pitch league.[76] The city also hosts the Vaughan Flames, a youth organization exclusively for woman's hockey.[77] The name also belonged to the former CWHL hockey team that folded in 2010. Additionally, theVaughan Vipers formerly played in theOntario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. In 2012, the Vipers were decommissioned and withdrew from their league.[78]
The city is also home to numerous golf and country clubs. These includeThe National Golf Club of Canada, one of Canada's highest ranking golf clubs.[79]
| Sport | Team | League | Years | Stadium | League Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soccer | Toronto FC II | USL | 2015-2017 | Ontario Soccer Centre | 0 |
| Vaughan Azzurri | L1O | 2014–present | North Maple Regional Park | 2 | |
| Woodbridge Strikers | L1O | 2014–present | Vaughan Grove 1 | 0 | |
| York Region Shooters | CSL | 1998–present | St. Joan of Arc Turf Field | 3 | |
| Hockey | Vaughan Flames | CWHL | 1999-2010 | Vaughan Sports Village | 0 |
| Basketball | Royals United | FIBA3x3 | 2024–present | N/A | 0 |
| BRL | Vaughan Sportsplex II | 1 |
Vaughan SC, Woodbridge SC and Kleinburg Nobleton SC offer house league and rep programs for youth soccer, as players forVaughan AzzurriWoodbridge Strikers KNSC Lions respectively. These team names are also used for the city's two League1 Ontario teams. Additionally, Vaughan is home to theOntario Soccer Association, the largest sports organization in Canada.[80] The OSA has over 400,000 registered players, and runs leagues across the entire province.[81] Vaughan is also home to theCanadian Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum.[82] Vaughan is also home to the semi-professional York Region Shooters from the Canadian Soccer League.
Prior to 2018, Vaughan also played home to Toronto FC II, the United Soccer League affiliate team for Toronto FC.[83] Because the stadium's expansion to include more seating fell through, the team announced it would be moving to play inBMO Field/Lamport Stadium for the 2018 season.[84]
Vaughan's weekly newspaper theVaughan Citizen was first published in 2001 and has a circulation of roughly 59,000. The neighbourhood of Thornhill has its own weekly paper, theThornhill Liberal. From 1878 to 2000 Vaughan's news was covered byThe Liberal published in Richmond Hill.[85]
Lo Specchio is an Italian-language newspaper published in Vaughan since 1984.[86]
City Life is a Vaughan-specific lifestyle magazine published bi-monthly by Dolce Publishing since 2003.[87]
Kleinburg was once home to theCinespace Film Studios, a centre for television and motion picture production. The popular children's TV showThe Forest Rangers, starringGordon Pinsent, was filmed here between 1963 and 1965. In 2006, the movieThe Sentinel was filmed at theMcMichael Art Gallery.
More recently, Vaughan City Hall has served as a film location, when it was used as the new Red Center (the Rachel and Leah Center) in season 2 of Hulu'sThe Handmaid's Tale. It also served as the United Federation of Planets building and Office of the President in the season 1 finale ofStar Trek: Discovery.
York University inNorth York,Ontario lies on theToronto side of theToronto-Vaughan border. It is a major comprehensive university, with more than 55,000 students enrolled in 11 faculties. The York University School of Medicine will open its door in the Vaughan Healthcare Centre Precinct just right besideCortellucci Vaughan Hospital in 2028.
There are also a number of elementary and high schools in Vaughan, which operate under theYork Region District School Board, theYork Catholic District School Board,Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir (French-language Catholic schools) andConseil scolaire Viamonde (French-language public schools). There is also aWaldorf school, the Toronto Waldorf School, which offers early childhood, elementary and accredited high school programs.
The American private CatholicNiagara University runs a branch campus in Vaughan, its first university in the city.[88] The Ontario branch of Niagara University opened a 12,000 square foot facility at Expo City in downtown Vaughan. This campus will offer Master of Science in Education and Bachelor of Professional Studies in Education programs.
Thornhill's large Jewish population lead to the establishment of several Jewish schools in the area, includingAssociated Hebrew Schools (Kamin branch),Bialik Hebrew Day School (Himel brach), Ohr HaEmet Sephardic School,Eitz Chaim Schools (boys branch),Netivot HaTorah Day School,Yeshivas Ner Yisroel.
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Within the Greater Toronto Area, Vaughan is the third-largest employment center, after Toronto andMississauga. With a realGross Domestic Product (GDP) of $20.6 billion in 2018, it is the largest contributor (35%) toYork Region's economy.
In 2018, the city was home to 12,105 businesses employing more than 222,000 people. Between 2008 and 2018, Vaughan's average annual employment growth was 3.2% and its business growth was 2.9%, exceeding provincial and national rates.
Manufacturing continues to dominate the local economy, accounting for 22% of total employment, followed by Construction (13%), Retail Trade (12%), Wholesale Trade (10%) and Transportation and Warehousing (6%). Small businesses with fewer than 20 employees account for 81% of all business establishments.
In 2018, the Accommodation and Food Services industry accounted for $295 million of Vaughan's real gross domestic product. Vaughan currently has 12 hotels and four motels with a total of 1,845 rooms. Development applications have been submitted that have the potential to add another 1,200 rooms to current supply in the coming years. Major tourism operators includeCanada's Wonderland,Vaughan Mills, theMcMichael Canadian Art Collection, theKortright Centre for Conservation,LEGOLAND Discovery Centre,Reptilia, the mainstreet and village cores ofKleinburg,Thornhill, andWoodbridge.
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Construction activity, as measured by value of building permits, has exceeded the $1 billion mark in eight of the last ten years.
As of 2018, the largest employers in Vaughan are:
Vaughan is home to 184 Canadian or regional headquarters, including:
The Seed-Barker archeological site is a 16th-centuryIroquois village on theHumber River in Vaughan. It has been used as a summer school field trip site since 1976 by the Boyd archeological field summer school for high school students. The school is sponsored by the York Region district school board in co-operation with theRoyal Ontario Museum and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). In 1895, a local farmer began finding Iroquoian artifacts in the area. In 1895, Roland Orr recognized the classic ecological features favoured by the Iroquoian people for their villages: floodplains along a river, an easily defensible plateau and nearby forests. The Iroquois used the floodplains to plant maize, beans and squash,: 1 known as the three sisters. In the 1950s, University of Toronto professor Norman Emerson and the students excavated artifacts from the Seed-Baker site. Since 1975, more than a million artifacts were discovered and nineteenlonghouses were excavated revealing that the village was occupied by the Iroquois from c. 1500 - 1550 AD.[89]
In 2016, to celebrate the city's 25th anniversary, Mayor Bevilacqua introduced the Order of Vaughan. This award is meant to be the highest honour bestowed by the city.[90] Initially, 25 recipients were given the award as a reflection of the anniversary; however, the city announced in 2017 that up to ten new individuals would receive the award each year thereafter.[91][92] The award is meant to recognize people in the categories of: accessibility, arts and entertainment, athletics, business, education, environment and spirituality, equity and diversity, health and wellness, media and communications, not-for-profit, philanthropy, public service, and science and technology.[93]
Vaughan travel guide from Wikivoyage
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