Vaughan
Sign in to saveVaughan ( ) (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Regional Municipality of York, just north of Toronto. 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. In 2021, the population of Vaughan was 323,103. It is the fifth-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area, and the 17th-largest city in Canada.
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Place details
- Locality
- Vaughan
- Region
- Ontario
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 323,103
- Timezone
- America/Toronto
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vaughan
- Settlement.official_name
- City of Vaughan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City (lower-tier)
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of City of Vaughan.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Vaughan seal.png
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100px
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Vaughan logo.svg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_size
- 100px
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Logo
- Settlement.image_map
- Vaughan within York Region.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
Key dates
- Inception
- 1792
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Vaughan
- Official name
- City of Vaughan
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Regional Municipality of York
- Population
- +323103
- Area
- +273.56
- Elevation
- +180
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Caledon
- Official website
- www.vaughan.ca
- Image
- View from the top of Behemoth (Canada's Wonderland).jpg
Article
33 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Mayor and councillors
- Geography
- Communities and identity
- Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
- Climate
- Services
- Health care
- Fire services
- Transportation
- Demographics
- Language
- Religion
- Ethnicity
- Crime
- Culture
- Attractions
- Sports
- Soccer
- Media
- Film
- Education
- Economy
- Archaeology
- Notable people
- Order of Vaughan
- Twin cities
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Vaughan ( ) (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Regional Municipality of York, just north of Toronto. 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. In 2021, the population of Vaughan was 323,103. It is the fifth-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area, and the 17th-largest city in Canada.
==Toponymy== The township was named after Benjamin Vaughan, a British commissioner who signed a peace treaty with the United States in 1783.