The past moulds and helps define the present. Vaughan has a storied past. It is marked by strong people who cleared the land, built mills, forged a strong sense of community and a commitment to intelligent growth. Pioneers who worked hard to shape tomorrow.

Did You Know?

• Vaughan is named after Benjamin Vaughan, a co-negotiator of the Peace of Paris. That treaty ended the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

• Famous Vaughnites include Lord Beaverbrook, Elizabeth Arden and many of the Group of Seven artists lived in Thornhill.

• The site where Vaughan City Centre is emerging was once called the Village of Edgely. Here Pennsylvania German settlers developed shingle mills, cider mills and sawmills.

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