Vaughan

Vaughan
City (lower-tier)
City of Vaughan
Vaughan as viewed from Canada's Wonderland
Motto:  Industry
Location of Vaughan within York Region.
Coordinates: 43°50′N 79°30′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional Municipality	York
Communities	List of major subdivisions Concord Kleinburg Maple Thornhill Woodbridge
Settled	1792
Incorporated	1850 (Township)
Incorporated	1991 (City)
Government
• Type	Municipal (City)
• Mayor	Maurizio Bevilacqua
• Regional Councillor	Gino Rosati Michael Di Biase Deb Schulte
• City Manager	Clayton D. Harris
• Councillors	List of ward councillors Ward 1: Marilyn Iafrate Ward 2: Tony Carella Ward 3: Rosanna DeFrancesca Ward 4: Sandra Yeung Racco Ward 5: Alan Shefman
• MPs, and MPPs	List of MPs Peter Kent (CPC) - Thornhill Julian Fantino (CPC) - Vaughan List of MPPs Gila Martow (PC) - Thornhill Steven Del Duca (OLP) - Vaughan
Area [1]
• Land	273.52 km^2 (105.61 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	288,301
• Density	1,054.0/km^2 (2,730/sq mi)
• Total Private Dwellings	71,265
	Population ranked 17th nationally
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	647,416,905 and 289
Website	www.vaughan.ca

Vaughan (/vɔːn/ VAWN) is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vaughan was the fastest-growing municipality in Canada between 1996–2006, achieving a population growth rate of 80.2% according to Statistics Canada, having nearly doubled in population since 1991. It is the fifth-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area, and the 17th largest city in Canada.^[2]

References

1. Statistics Canada
2. "Changes in population at the community level". A profile of the Canadian population: where we live. Statistics Canada. 2003-01-20. Archived from the original on 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2006-10-29.