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Vaughan

Humber Trail township that doubled fast

Vaughan in brief

Vaughan sits in York Region just north of Toronto and was Canada's fastest-growing municipality between 1996 and 2006, nearly doubling since 1991. Etienne Brule followed the Humber Trail through the area in 1615, long before townships were surveyed in 1792.

A sixteenth-century ancestral Wendat village near Pine Valley Drive once held about 2,000 people, close to an ossuary uncovered in Kleinburg in 1970. Farm fields gave way to one of the GTA's largest cities.

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#13
City Score rank
90%
City Score
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City Score over time

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Rankings for Vaughan

Each study below is its own ranking. Where a study has more than one edition for this city, the chart shows standing across those years only.

Composite · OpenStats

OpenStats City Score

OpenStats

Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.

Single edition · 2026

#13
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.904

Only one published edition places Vaughan in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Health · OpenStats

OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon

OpenStats

Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.

Single edition · 2026

#100
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 59.7

Only one published edition places Vaughan in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Property tax · OpenStats

OpenStats Residential Mill Rates

OpenStats

Municipalities ranked by residential mill rate. Rank 1 is the highest published rate (higher tax burden).

Single edition · 2024

#41
Published · 2024 · of 43
Score 7.14

Only one published edition places Vaughan in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Livability

Globe and Mail Most Livable Cities

The Globe and Mail

2023 data partnership with Environics Analytics ranking 439 Canadian communities on ten livability categories.

Single edition · 2023

#33
Published · 2023 · of 439

Only one published edition places Vaughan in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Worth knowing in Vaughan

Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.

  • Vaughan was the fastest-growing municipality in Canada between 1996 and 2006 with its population increasing by 80.

    Wikipedia

  • 2% during this time period and having nearly doubled in population since 1991.

    Wikipedia

  • In 2021, the population of Vaughan was 323,103.

    Wikipedia

  • Canada's Wonderland, Canada's first major theme park, opened in Vaughan in 1981 and remains the country's largest.

    Wikipedia

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