19 Facts About Vaughan Ontario

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However, it was not until the townships were created in 1792 that Vaughan Ontario began to see European settlements, as it was considered to be extremely remote and the lack of roads through the region made travel difficult.

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Vaughan Ontario Road was a historic road constructed in 1850 that linked Vaughan Ontario Township with Toronto.

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Vaughan Ontario declared a state of emergency because of the widespread damage.

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On June 24,2008, Vaughan Ontario 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.

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Vaughan Ontario is bounded by Caledon and Brampton to the west, King and Richmond Hill to the north, Markham and Richmond Hill to the east, and Toronto — in the dissolved cities of Etobicoke and North York, to the south.

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Vaughan Ontario Metropolitan Centre is a new 179 hectare central business district under development around the intersection of Highway 7 and Jane Street, at the site of the former hamlet of Edgeley.

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Vaughan Ontario committed to building a new business and commercial core distinct from all of them.

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Vaughan Ontario was the largest city in Canada without a hospital until the 2021 opening of Cortellucci Vaughan Ontario Hospital on Major Mackenzie Drive north of Canada's Wonderland.

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The provincial government of Vaughan Ontario approved construction of the hospital in July 2011, and a tender for bids to construct it was issued in 2014 or 2015.

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Vaughan Ontario offers a complex transportation infrastructure, which includes highways, public transit, regional roads, municipality-funded roads, and train services.

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Three killings in March 2017; on March 14, a 28-year-old Vaughan Ontario 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-old Ajax man at Jane Street and Highway 7, and on March 30, a private social club shooting near Martin Grove Road and Highway 7.

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Vaughan Ontario is home to many amateur sports teams for a variety of sports, with an organization running a league for each of the four major sports.

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Vaughan Ontario has a high softball following, with the Vaughan Ontario Vikings and Woodbridge Warriors offering house league and rep opportunities, as well as and adult World Series Slo Pitch league.

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Additionally, Vaughan is home to the Ontario Soccer Association, the largest sports organization in Canada.

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Vaughan Ontario is home to the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Vaughan Ontario is home to the semi-professional York Region Shooters from the Canadian Soccer League.

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From 1878 to 2000 Vaughan Ontario's news was covered by The Liberal published in Richmond Hill.

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18.

Vaughan Ontario currently has 12 hotels and four motels with a total of 1,845 rooms.

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Vaughan Ontario is home to 184 Canadian or regional headquarters, including:.

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