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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cherry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Cherry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cherry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aurora_Village" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aurora_Village"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Aurora Village</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aurora_Village-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hills_of_St._Andrew" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hills_of_St._Andrew"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Hills of St. Andrew</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hills_of_St._Andrew-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Petchville" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Petchville"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Petchville</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Petchville-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-White_Rose" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#White_Rose"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>White Rose</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-White_Rose-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Government</span> </div> 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aurora_Town_Square"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Aurora Town Square</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aurora_Town_Square-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Library" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Library"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Library</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Library-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transportation 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class="vector-toc-numb">19</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">21</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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class="mw-page-title-main">Aurora, Ontario</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-atj mw-list-item"><a href="https://atj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora" title="Aurora – Atikamekw" lang="atj" hreflang="atj" data-title="Aurora" data-language-autonym="Atikamekw" data-language-local-name="Atikamekw" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Atikamekw</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_(%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B0)" title="Арора (Антарыа) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Арора (Антарыа)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(Ontario)" title="Aurora (Ontario) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Aurora (Ontario)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(lungsod_sa_Kanada)" title="Aurora (lungsod sa Kanada) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Aurora (lungsod sa Kanada)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(Ontario)" title="Aurora (Ontario) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aurora (Ontario)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(Ontario)" title="Aurora (Ontario) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Aurora (Ontario)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(Ontario)" title="Aurora (Ontario) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aurora (Ontario)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88" title="آرورا، انتاریو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آرورا، انتاریو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(Ontario)" title="Aurora (Ontario) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aurora (Ontario)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EB%A1%9C%EB%9D%BC_(%EC%98%A8%ED%83%80%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4%EC%A3%BC)" title="오로라 (온타리오주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="오로라 (온타리오주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(Canada)" title="Aurora (Canada) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aurora (Canada)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_(%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83)" title="اورورا (بلده فى ريجيونال مونيسيپاليتى اوف يورك) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اورورا (بلده فى ريجيونال مونيسيپاليتى اوف يورك)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(Canada)" title="Aurora (Canada) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Aurora (Canada)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Ontario" title="List of towns in Ontario">Town</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Ontario#Lower-tier_municipalities" title="List of municipalities in Ontario">lower-tier</a>)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Town of Aurora</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aurora_ON.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Aurora Town Hall"><img alt="Aurora Town Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Aurora_ON.JPG/250px-Aurora_ON.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Aurora_ON.JPG/375px-Aurora_ON.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Aurora_ON.JPG/500px-Aurora_ON.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Aurora Town Hall</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aurora_ON_seal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Aurora"><img alt="Official seal of Aurora" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Aurora_ON_seal.png/100px-Aurora_ON_seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Aurora_ON_seal.png/150px-Aurora_ON_seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Aurora_ON_seal.png/200px-Aurora_ON_seal.png 2x" data-file-width="237" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aurora_ON_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Aurora"><img alt="Official logo of Aurora" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Aurora_ON_logo.svg/100px-Aurora_ON_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Aurora_ON_logo.svg/150px-Aurora_ON_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Aurora_ON_logo.svg/200px-Aurora_ON_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="204" data-file-height="107" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Logo</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"You're in Good Company" - Motto Found on Seal: (Latin): "Sol Meus Testis" (Eng. "The Sun is My Witness")</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aurora_within_York_Region.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Aurora within York Region"><img alt="Location of Aurora within York Region" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Aurora_within_York_Region.svg/250px-Aurora_within_York_Region.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="387" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Aurora_within_York_Region.svg/375px-Aurora_within_York_Region.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Aurora_within_York_Region.svg/500px-Aurora_within_York_Region.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1613" data-file-height="2500" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Aurora within York Region</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:200px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:200px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:200px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canada_Southern_Ontario_location_map_2.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Aurora is located in Southern Ontario"><img alt="Aurora is located in Southern Ontario" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Canada_Southern_Ontario_location_map_2.png/200px-Canada_Southern_Ontario_location_map_2.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Canada_Southern_Ontario_location_map_2.png/300px-Canada_Southern_Ontario_location_map_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Canada_Southern_Ontario_location_map_2.png/400px-Canada_Southern_Ontario_location_map_2.png 2x" data-file-width="994" data-file-height="717" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:48%;left:48.907%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Aurora"><img alt="Aurora" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Aurora</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Aurora in relation to southern Ontario</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Aurora,_Ontario&params=44_0_N_79_28_W_region:CA-ON_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">79°28′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.000°N 79.467°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.000; -79.467</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regional_municipality" title="Regional municipality">Regional municipality</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_York" title="Regional Municipality of York">York Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled</th><td class="infobox-data">1854</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">1888 (town)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Tom Mrakas</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Councilors</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding: 0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align:left;display:none;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Harold Kim</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Wendy Gaertner</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Ron Weese</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Michael Thompson</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Rachel Gilliland</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">John Gallo</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">50.00 km<sup>2</sup> (19.31 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">304 m (997 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">62,057 (<a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_municipalities_in_Canada_by_population" title="List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population">Ranked 92nd</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,241.1/km<sup>2</sup> (3,214/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (EST)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-4">UTC-4</a> (EDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Forward Sortation Area</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a href="/wiki/List_of_L_postal_codes_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of L postal codes of Canada">L4G</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_905,_289,_and_365" class="mw-redirect" title="Area codes 905, 289, and 365">905, 289, 365, and 742</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographical_Names_Board_of_Canada" title="Geographical Names Board of Canada">GNBC</a> CGNDB Key</th><td class="infobox-data">FDJFO<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aurora.ca/">www<wbr />.aurora<wbr />.ca</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Aurora</b> (<a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_census" title="2021 Canadian census">2021 population</a>: 62,057<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a town in central <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_York" title="Regional Municipality of York">York Region</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Toronto_Area" title="Greater Toronto Area">Greater Toronto Area</a>, within the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Horseshoe" title="Golden Horseshoe">Golden Horseshoe</a> of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ontario" title="Southern Ontario">Southern Ontario</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. It is located north of the <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Hill,_Ontario" title="Richmond Hill, Ontario">City of Richmond Hill</a> and is partially situated on the <a href="/wiki/Oak_Ridges_Moraine" title="Oak Ridges Moraine">Oak Ridges Moraine</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Canada_2021_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2021 Census">Canada 2021 Census</a>, the municipal population of Aurora was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_municipalities_in_Canada_by_population" title="List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population">92nd largest in Canada</a>, compared to 95th for the <a href="/wiki/Canada_2016_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2016 Census">2016 Census</a> and 97th for the <a href="/wiki/Canada_2006_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2006 Census">2006 Census</a>. Aurora is <a href="/wiki/Sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister cities">twinned</a> with <a href="/wiki/Leksand,_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Leksand, Sweden">Leksand, Sweden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Town_of_Aurora,_1878.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Town_of_Aurora%2C_1878.jpg/220px-Town_of_Aurora%2C_1878.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Town_of_Aurora%2C_1878.jpg/330px-Town_of_Aurora%2C_1878.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Town_of_Aurora%2C_1878.jpg/440px-Town_of_Aurora%2C_1878.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="451" /></a><figcaption>A map of Aurora from 1878. Scale is denoted in <a href="/wiki/Chain_(length)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chain (length)">chains</a>, a measure equivalent to 66 feet or 20.12 metres.</figcaption></figure> <p>Lieutenant-Governor <a href="/wiki/John_Graves_Simcoe" title="John Graves Simcoe">John Graves Simcoe</a> gave the order for <a href="/wiki/Yonge_Street" title="Yonge Street">Yonge Street</a> to be extended to <a href="/wiki/Holland_Landing" title="Holland Landing">Holland Landing</a> in 1793, the first step toward the establishment of a community where Aurora now stands. Yonge Street opened between 1794 and 1796. In 1795, the first house in Aurora was built at Yonge Street and Catherine Avenue.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government began granting deeds to land in 1797. By 1801 there were fourteen homes.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Establishing_a_village">Establishing a village</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Establishing a village"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1804, Richard Machell became the first merchant at the crossroads of Yonge and Wellington and the hamlet soon became known as Machell's Corners. Charles Doan was another early businessman at Machell's Corners and became the first postmaster and later the first <a href="/wiki/Reeve_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reeve (Canada)">reeve</a>. The post office was originally known as "Whitchurch".<sup id="cite_ref-McIntyre_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIntyre-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 10">: 10 </span></sup> As postmaster, he was influential in renaming the village Aurora, after the <a href="/wiki/Aurora_(mythology)" title="Aurora (mythology)">goddess Aurora</a> from <a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">Roman mythology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McIntyre_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIntyre-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 10">: 10 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Machell proposed to rename the town "Match-Ville", ostensibly for the match factory in the town, but the name Aurora was more popular and ultimately chosen as the town's name.<sup id="cite_ref-McIntyre_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIntyre-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 12">: 12 </span></sup> Flour and grist mills were built around 1827. With the coming of the railway in 1853, Aurora emerged as an important centre north of <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>. The Fleury plough works foundry opened in 1859, making agricultural implements.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The community was first known as Machell's Corners and had only 100 residents in 1851.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population of Aurora in 1863 was 700, and by 1869 it had grown to 1,200.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Becoming_a_town">Becoming a town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Becoming a town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The settlement was incorporated as a village in 1863 with Charles Doan as the first reeve. Records from 1885 describe Aurora as the "largest village in the county" an "enterprising and stirring business community" with several factories and mills, five churches, a school house with 210 students, and two weekly newspapers. The population in 1881 was 1540.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population reached 2,107 by 1888. </p><p>By the turn of the century, many industries moved out of Aurora and as a result, the town suffered a downturn and reverted to its agricultural roots. From then on the town experienced slow growth until the rise of suburbia after the end of the Second World War, when Aurora was rejuvenated and experienced a boom in development due to its proximity to Toronto. </p><p>Aurora was the childhood home of <a href="/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson" title="Lester B. Pearson">Lester B. Pearson</a>, Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968, when his father, Rev. Edwin Pearson, was the Methodist minister.<sup id="cite_ref-McIntyre_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIntyre-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 40">: 40 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_developments">Recent developments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recent developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For most of the 20th century, development in Aurora centred primarily around its historic downtown core at Yonge and Wellington Streets, bounded on the east by Industrial Parkway. Starting in the early 21st century, the town has expanded eastward beyond Industrial Parkway to Highway 404. Since then, Aurora has grown considerably, with new developments stretching the built boundary of the town to be contiguous with Newmarket in the north and Highway 404 in the east. New developments have pulled the economic focal point within the town increasingly eastward towards Highway 404. Aurora's downtown has suffered economically over the years as a result of recent developments. </p><p>Aurora is noted for preserving its historical built form in the older parts of town and in 2008 was awarded The Prince of Wales Prize for Municipal Heritage Leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, the town received the Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Community Leadership in heritage conservation and promotion.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northeast Old Aurora was designated in 2006 as a provincial <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Conservation_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Heritage Conservation District">Heritage Conservation District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 8, 2010, the town reopened the historic and fully renovated Church Street School as the Aurora Cultural Centre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheppard%27s_Bush_Conservation_Area-Town_of_Aurora-Ontario_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Sheppard%27s_Bush_Conservation_Area-Town_of_Aurora-Ontario_%281%29.jpg/220px-Sheppard%27s_Bush_Conservation_Area-Town_of_Aurora-Ontario_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Sheppard%27s_Bush_Conservation_Area-Town_of_Aurora-Ontario_%281%29.jpg/330px-Sheppard%27s_Bush_Conservation_Area-Town_of_Aurora-Ontario_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Sheppard%27s_Bush_Conservation_Area-Town_of_Aurora-Ontario_%281%29.jpg/440px-Sheppard%27s_Bush_Conservation_Area-Town_of_Aurora-Ontario_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Sheppard's Bush Conservation Area</figcaption></figure> <p>Aurora is situated just north of the <a href="/wiki/Oak_Ridges_Moraine" title="Oak Ridges Moraine">Oak Ridges Moraine</a> and borders <a href="/wiki/Newmarket,_Ontario" title="Newmarket, Ontario">Newmarket</a> in the north, <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Hill,_Ontario" title="Richmond Hill, Ontario">Richmond Hill</a> in the south, <a href="/wiki/King_City,_Ontario" title="King City, Ontario">King City</a> in the west and <a href="/wiki/Whitchurch%E2%80%93Stouffville" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitchurch–Stouffville">Whitchurch–Stouffville</a> in the east. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities_and_neighbourhoods">Communities and neighbourhoods</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Communities and neighbourhoods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cherry">Cherry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cherry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cherry is a residential area found at the western end of Ridge Road located northwest of Bloomington Road and Yonge Street. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aurora_Village">Aurora Village</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Aurora Village"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town main strip is located on Yonge Street at Wellington Street began as Machell's Corners and Whitchurch as post office name. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hills_of_St._Andrew">Hills of St. Andrew</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Hills of St. Andrew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A residential area around Bathurst Street and St. John Sideroad developed in the 1980s and alongside <a href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_College,_Aurora" title="St. Andrew's College, Aurora">St. Andrew's College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Petchville">Petchville</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Petchville"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A former community centred along Wellington Street and Leslie Street. Settled by Jonathan Petch<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1818 on clergy reserve and was not acquired by Petch as their farm until 1840. The growth was shifted to neighbouring Wesley Corner at the eastside of Petch's farm at Woodbine Avenue. The current community's southside remains less developed when compared to the north which is now a residential subdivision of Aurora North. The community hosts a retail complex (Smart Centre Aurora North), Stronach Aurora Recreational Complex and Magna Golf Course. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="White_Rose">White Rose</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: White Rose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>White Rose is found near Lebovic Golf Club on Leslie Street north of Bloomington Road and was formerly located within what is now <a href="/wiki/Whitchurch-Stouffville" title="Whitchurch-Stouffville">Whitchurch-Stouffville</a>. The former community appeared around 1837 and centred on Samuel Wilton Jr. farm. The Wilton farm had a grist mill producing 999White Rose flour and for which the area was named after.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The farm disappeared by the late 19th century due to poor conditions and remained agricultural. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1863</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">700</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1871</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,132</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+61.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1888</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,107</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+86.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,590</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−24.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/Canada_1911_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 1911 Census">1911</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,901</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+19.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,307</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+21.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,587</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,726</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,358</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+23.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">8,791</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+161.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">13,614</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+54.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">16,267</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+19.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1986</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">20,905</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+28.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">29,454</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+40.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/Canada_1996_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 1996 Census">1996</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">34,857</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+18.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_2001_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2001 Census">2001</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">40,167</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+15.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_2006_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2006 Census">2006</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">47,629</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+18.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_2011_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2011 Census">2011</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">53,203</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_2016_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2016 Census">2016</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">55,445</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_2021_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2021 Census">2021</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">62,057</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.9%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left"><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_census" title="2021 Canadian census">2021 Census of Population</a> conducted by <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a>, Aurora had a population of <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004620570000000000♠"></span>62,057</span> living in <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004215060000000000♠"></span>21,506</span> of its <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004222530000000000♠"></span>22,253</span> total private dwellings, a change of <span data-sort-value="7001119253314095049♠" style="display:none"></span>11.9% from its 2016 population of <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004554450000000000♠"></span>55,445</span>. With a land area of 50 km<sup>2</sup> (19 sq mi), it had a population density of <span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7003124114000000000♠"></span>1,241.1/km<sup>2</sup> (3,214.5/sq mi) in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2021 Census reported that average household income in Aurora was $161,800 in 2020, making it one of Canada's most affluent towns.<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of the 2021 census,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> was the mother tongue of 58.8% of Aurora residents. The next most common first languages were <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese languages</a> (13.4% including 8.1% <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin</a> and 5.0% <a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a>), <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> (6.0%), <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> (2.8%), <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> (1.9%) and <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> (1.0%). 3.3% listed both English and a non-official language as mother tongues, while 0.4% listed both English and French. </p><p>In 2021, 60.4% of Aurora's population was white/European, 38.9% were visible minorities, and 0.7% were <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Canada" title="Indigenous peoples in Canada">Indigenous</a>. The largest visible minority groups were <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Canadians" title="Chinese Canadians">Chinese</a> (17.7%), <a href="/wiki/West_Asian_Canadians" title="West Asian Canadians">West Asian</a> (7.1%), <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Canadians" title="South Asian Canadians">South Asian</a> (4.0%), <a href="/wiki/Black_Canadians" title="Black Canadians">Black</a> (1.9%), and <a href="/wiki/Filipino_Canadians" title="Filipino Canadians">Filipino</a> (1.6%). </p><p>The most common ethnic origins in Aurora were Chinese (16.7%), <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> (16.0%), <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> (12.9%), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish</a> (12.3%), <a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italian</a> (10.3%), <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a> (8.9%), <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a> (5.3%), <a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian</a> (5.2%), <a href="/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> n.o.s (4.3%), British Isles, n.o.s. (3.8%), <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russian</a> (3.1%), and <a href="/wiki/Polish_diaspora" title="Polish diaspora">Polish</a> (3.0%). </p><p>50.7% of residents were <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a>, down from 67.6% in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 24.5% were <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>, 12.0% were <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant</a>, 7.3% were Christian n.o.s, 5.2% were <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Christian Orthodox</a> and 1.8% belonged to other Christian denominations or Christian-related traditions. 37.3% were non-religious or secular, up from 25.2% in 2011. 11.9% believed in other religions, up from 7.2% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religions in Aurora were <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (5.8%), <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> (2.4%), <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> (1.3%), and <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> (1.3%). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Town of Aurora municipal government is composed of a mayor and six councillors. As of the 2022 election, the deputy mayor role rotates between councillors and may proxy for the mayor. The mayor is a member of <a href="/wiki/York_Regional_Council" title="York Regional Council">York Regional Council</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/2022_York_Region_municipal_elections" title="2022 York Region municipal elections">municipal elections</a> of 2022, Tom Mrakas was re-elected mayor. Starting with the 2022 municipal election, the switched to a ward-based system with six wards, electing one mayor and six councillors (one per ward). </p> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"> <caption><b>Aurora federal election results</b><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" scope="col">Year </th> <th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </th> <th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> </th> <th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a> </th> <th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: #EA6D6A"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_federal_election" title="2021 Canadian federal election">2021</a> </th> <td bgcolor="#EA6D6A"><b>43%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"><i>11,995</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#6495ED">42% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"><i>11,526</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#F4A460">9% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"><i>2,598</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#99C955">1% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"><i>243</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_Canadian_federal_election" title="2019 Canadian federal election">2019</a> </th> <td bgcolor="#EA6D6A"><b>43%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"><i>12,865</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#6495ED">40% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"><i>12,033</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#F4A460">9% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"><i>2,613</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#99C955">6% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"><i>1,845</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"> <caption><b>Aurora provincial election results</b><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" scope="col">Year </th> <th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">PC</a> </th> <th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a> </th> <th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </th> <th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Ontario" title="Green Party of Ontario">Green</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: #9999FF"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/2022_Ontario_general_election" title="2022 Ontario general election">2022</a> </th> <td bgcolor="#9999FF"><b>48%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#9999FF;"><i>9,751</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#F4A460">10% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"><i>2,055</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#EA6D6A">32% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"><i>6,542</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#99C955">5% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"><i>1,086</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2018_Ontario_general_election" title="2018 Ontario general election">2018</a> </th> <td bgcolor="#9999FF"><b>50%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#9999FF;"><i>12,562</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#F4A460">21% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"><i>5,374</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#EA6D6A">23% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"><i>5,876</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#99C955">4% </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"><i>930</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The town is part of the federal riding of <a href="/wiki/Aurora%E2%80%94Oak_Ridges%E2%80%94Richmond_Hill_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill (federal electoral district)">Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill</a>. The riding is represented in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> by <a href="/wiki/Leah_Taylor_Roy" title="Leah Taylor Roy">Leah Taylor Roy</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party of Canada</a>, who was first elected in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_federal_election" title="2021 Canadian federal election">2021 federal election</a>. Aurora is also part of the provincial riding of <a href="/wiki/Newmarket%E2%80%94Aurora_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Newmarket—Aurora (federal electoral district)">Newmarket—Aurora</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Provincial_Parliament_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)">member of Provincial Parliament</a> is <a href="/wiki/Christine_Elliott" title="Christine Elliott">Christine Elliott</a>, who was elected in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Ontario_general_election" title="2018 Ontario general election">2018 Ontario general election</a>. Elliot belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergency_services">Emergency services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Emergency services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local police services are provided by the <a href="/wiki/York_Regional_Police" title="York Regional Police">York Regional Police</a>, who are currently headquartered within the town and serve all of the municipalities of the region. Fire protection services are provided by Central York Fire Services, a shared arrangement with the town of Newmarket. </p><p>Public health services are managed by York Region. There is currently no hospital within Aurora's boundaries; the nearest is <a href="/wiki/Southlake_Regional_Health_Centre" title="Southlake Regional Health Centre">Southlake Regional Health Centre</a> in Newmarket. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aurora is served by schools from three publicly funded school boards: the <a href="/wiki/York_Region_District_School_Board" title="York Region District School Board">York Region District School Board</a> (the English Public Board), the <a href="/wiki/York_Catholic_District_School_Board" title="York Catholic District School Board">York Catholic District School Board</a> (the English Catholic Board), and <i><a href="/wiki/Conseil_scolaire_catholique_MonAvenir" title="Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir">Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir</a></i> (the French-language Catholic Board). The <i><a href="/wiki/Conseil_scolaire_Viamonde" title="Conseil scolaire Viamonde">Conseil scolaire Viamonde</a></i> (the secular French-language board) also has Aurora in its territory. </p><p>Both publicly funded English boards maintain head offices in Aurora. The York Region District School Board is located at 60 Wellington Street West, just west of the historical downtown area, and the York Catholic District School Board is located at 320 Bloomington Road West. Both boards operate a number of elementary schools in Aurora. Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir operates one elementary school and one secondary school in Aurora. </p><p>The York Region District School Board operates ten public elementary schools within the Town of Aurora: </p> <ul><li>Aurora Heights Public School.</li> <li>Aurora Grove Public School.</li> <li>Wellington Public School.</li> <li>Regency Acres Public School.</li> <li>Northern Lights Public School.</li> <li>Highview Public School.</li> <li>Hartman Public School.</li> <li>Devins Drive Public School.</li> <li>Rick Hansen Public School.</li> <li>Lester B. Pearson Public School.</li></ul> <p>The York Region District School Board operates two high schools in Aurora: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dr._G.W._Williams_Secondary_School" title="Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School">Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora_High_School_(Ontario)" title="Aurora High School (Ontario)">Aurora High School</a></li></ul> <p>The York Catholic District School Board currently operates five public Catholic elementary schools within Aurora: </p> <ul><li>Our Lady of Grace Elementary School.</li> <li>St. Jerome Catholic Elementary School.</li> <li>Holy Spirit Elementary School.</li> <li>St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School.</li> <li>Light of Christ Catholic Elementary School.</li></ul> <p>The York Catholic District School Board operates two high schools in Aurora: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Carter_Catholic_High_School" title="Cardinal Carter Catholic High School">Cardinal Carter Catholic High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Maximillian_Kolbe_Catholic_High_School" title="St. Maximillian Kolbe Catholic High School">St. Maximillian Kolbe Catholic High School</a></li></ul> <p>Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir operates one elementary school in the Town of Aurora: </p> <ul><li>École élémentaire catholique Saint-Jean.</li></ul> <p>Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir operates one high school in Aurora: </p> <ul><li>École secondaire catholique Renaissance (formerly ÉSC Cardinal-Carter).</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_College_(Aurora,_Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario)">St. Andrew's College</a>, a private, independent school for boys, also operates in Aurora. Two other private educational institutions, Aurora Preparatory Academy and Aurora Montessori School are found in Aurora. </p><p>Aurora residents have access to a wide range of other educational facilities including daycares and nurseries. The <a href="/wiki/Aurora_Public_Library_(Aurora,_Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aurora Public Library (Aurora, Ontario)">Aurora Public Library</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library">public library</a> funded and operated by the town. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Growth_and_urban_planning">Growth and urban planning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Growth and urban planning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A large area in the southeastern part of Aurora is designated as protected under Ontario Government's <a href="/wiki/Greenbelt_(Golden_Horseshoe)" title="Greenbelt (Golden Horseshoe)">Greenbelt</a> legislation which enforces limits on growth in designated Green Belt locations. The majority of future growth will be split between currently undeveloped portions Aurora along Leslie Street and St John's sideroad, along with intensification within existing built-up areas. The stretch of Yonge Street within Aurora has been designated as a "Regional Corridor" by York Region and will likely accommodate the majority of intensification, with upgrades to the Viva bus rapid transit system being anticipated. </p><p>The portion of the 2C Lands between Highway 404 and Leslie Street has been designated as a significant employment zone by the region and the town. Construction has commenced on the lands, which are anticipated to provide approximately 6,000 jobs at full build-out. The town's Official Plan includes for major office growth to occur in the area. Residential growth is restricted to the west side of Leslie Street, which has seen several new developments of detached homes, townhouses, and condominium apartments in the late 2010s. </p><p>The Regional Municipality of York has proposed the area surrounding Aurora GO Station to be designated as a Major Transit Station Area (MTSA). Under this designation, the area would undergo intensification and experience an increased density of jobs and residents. </p><p>As of 2020, the Town of Aurora is conducting a review and update of its Official Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Aurora_Promenade">The Aurora Promenade</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: The Aurora Promenade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of the town's 2010 Official Plan review, a sub-committee of Council developed a plan in 2010, called the Aurora Promenade, that sets out new and redevelopment for the coming years.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More than 30 public meetings, open-houses and workshops were held to create the plan. It is anticipated that 2,930 additional residents will live along the Yonge and Wellington Street corridors, close to new major transportation systems being implemented by <a href="/wiki/Viva_(bus_rapid_transit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Viva (bus rapid transit)">Viva</a>. The study was expected to stimulate new and redevelopment along both corridors in the coming years and to reinvigorate the downtown core. </p><p>The plan may be subject to change pending the 2020 Official Plan Review. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aurora_Town_Square">Aurora Town Square</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Aurora Town Square"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2020, the Aurora Town Council approved and commenced the construction of Aurora Town Square (previously referred to under the working title of Library Square), a new <a href="/wiki/Town_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Town Square">Town Square</a> to be located directly between the Aurora Public Library building and the Aurora Cultural Centre (previously the Church Street School). The project will include the construction of a new performing arts centre directly adjacent to the Aurora Cultural Centre and a covered pedestrian footbridge to connect the new performing arts building with the library building. </p><p>The Capital Project Budget for the Square is a total of $51.6 million and is being implemented as part of a long-term strategy to transform and revitalize Aurora's ailing downtown core.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Library">Library</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Aurora Public Library is located in the northeast corner of the intersection of Yonge Street and Church Street. A library was first established in Aurora in 1855, and was moved to the current location in 2001. The library is open seven days a week, but closed on Sundays between May 17 and September 11, and between December 20 and January 2. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GO_Transit_Aurora_001.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/GO_Transit_Aurora_001.JPG/220px-GO_Transit_Aurora_001.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/GO_Transit_Aurora_001.JPG/330px-GO_Transit_Aurora_001.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/GO_Transit_Aurora_001.JPG/440px-GO_Transit_Aurora_001.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Historic Aurora Train Station</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major roads running through Aurora include Bathurst Street at its western border, Yonge Street, Bayview Avenue, Leslie Street, Bloomington Road at the southern border with <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Hill,_Ontario" title="Richmond Hill, Ontario">The City of Richmond Hill</a>, Wellington Street, and St. Johns Sideroad located approximately 100 metres (330 ft) south of the border with <a href="/wiki/Newmarket,_Ontario" title="Newmarket, Ontario">The Town of Newmarket</a>. Wellington Street is the town's major east-west road, with the Yonge-Wellington area having the busiest traffic volume in Aurora. </p><p>The town is serviced by Highway 404, located at its eastern border with the Town of <a href="/wiki/Whitchurch-Stouffville" title="Whitchurch-Stouffville">Whitchurch-Stouffville</a>. It is serviced by two interchanges at Bloomington Rd E. (shared with Richmond Hill) and Wellington Rd E. There is also a currently unfunded proposal for a future interchange to be built at St. John's Sideroad.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_transit">Public transit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Public transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Town of Aurora is serviced by <a href="/wiki/York_Region_Transit" title="York Region Transit">York Region Transit</a> (YRT), including several local routes as well as its <a href="/wiki/Viva_Blue" title="Viva Blue">Viva Blue</a> Bus Rapid Transit service.<sup id="cite_ref-YRTMap_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YRTMap-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also plans to link the Newmarket and Richmond Hill Yonge Street Rapidway segments through portions of Aurora, though funding has not yet been allocated for the proposal. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Aurora_GO_Station" title="Aurora GO Station">Aurora GO Station</a> is a stop on <a href="/wiki/Barrie_line" title="Barrie line">GO Transit's Barrie Line</a>. Trains depart approximately every 15–30 minutes southbound towards Toronto during weekday morning peak periods, and northbound towards Barrie approximately every 30 minutes during the afternoon peak. On evenings, weekends, holidays, as well as during the weekday midday period, trains operate approximately every hour between Aurora and Toronto with GO Bus connections at Aurora to and from Barrie.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the <a href="/wiki/GO_Transit_Regional_Express_Rail" class="mw-redirect" title="GO Transit Regional Express Rail">GO Transit Regional Express Rail</a> plan, by a target date of 2024 service will be increased to run every 15 minutes during peak, midday, evenings, and weekends between Aurora and Toronto using electric trains rather than the current diesel trains, and every along the full route between Barrie and Toronto every 30 minutes during peak and every 60 minutes off-peak.<sup id="cite_ref-RER_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RER-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This will include upgrades to Aurora GO Station as well as a second track and a grade-separation project at Wellington Street. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local media include <a href="/wiki/Metroland_Media_Group" title="Metroland Media Group">Metroland</a>-owned <i>The Banner</i> (formerly the <i>Era Banner</i>) and <i>The Auroran</i> (a member of the Simcoe York Group of Newspapers) newspapers and Aurora programming provided by <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Cable" title="Rogers Cable">Rogers Cable</a> (formerly Aurora Cable Internet). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Media_in_Toronto#Radio" title="Media in Toronto">Radio stations from Toronto</a> are typically available, as in the nearby towns of <a href="/wiki/Newmarket,_Ontario" title="Newmarket, Ontario">Newmarket</a>, south into <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Hill,_Ontario" title="Richmond Hill, Ontario">Richmond Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bradford,_Ontario" title="Bradford, Ontario">Bradford</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theatre">Theatre</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aurora has a long history of theatre, with its own community theatre group, <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Aurora" title="Theatre Aurora">Theatre Aurora</a>. Founded in 1958 as the Aurora Drama Workshop, the group joined with the Aurora Musical Society in 1973 to form Theatre Aurora. The next year the group moved into its current home at the Factory Theatre on Henderson Drive. The group has performed a wide variety of shows, and currently produces five shows each year, along with two youth shows.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A new performing-arts facility is to be built as part of the "Library Square" project. It is not currently determined if Theatre Aurora will relocate to the new facility or not once it is complete. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The auto parts giant <a href="/wiki/Magna_International" title="Magna International">Magna International</a>, founded by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Stronach" title="Frank Stronach">Frank Stronach</a>, is based in Aurora. </p><p><a href="/wiki/TC_Transcontinental" class="mw-redirect" title="TC Transcontinental">TC Transcontinental</a> has a printing plant for magazines in Aurora, formerly operated by <a href="/wiki/Quebecor_World" title="Quebecor World">Quebecor World</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quad/Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Quad/Graphics">Quad/Graphics</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hillary_House_and_Koffler_Museum_of_Medicine-Aurora-Ontario-11951-HPC8826-20220611.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hillary_House_and_Koffler_Museum_of_Medicine-Aurora-Ontario-11951-HPC8826-20220611.jpg/220px-Hillary_House_and_Koffler_Museum_of_Medicine-Aurora-Ontario-11951-HPC8826-20220611.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hillary_House_and_Koffler_Museum_of_Medicine-Aurora-Ontario-11951-HPC8826-20220611.jpg/330px-Hillary_House_and_Koffler_Museum_of_Medicine-Aurora-Ontario-11951-HPC8826-20220611.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hillary_House_and_Koffler_Museum_of_Medicine-Aurora-Ontario-11951-HPC8826-20220611.jpg/440px-Hillary_House_and_Koffler_Museum_of_Medicine-Aurora-Ontario-11951-HPC8826-20220611.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4013" data-file-height="3007" /></a><figcaption>Hillary House and Koffler Museum of Medicine</figcaption></figure> <p>The Aurora armoury is a recognized Federal Heritage building, listed in 1991 on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aurora is also home to <a href="/wiki/Hillary_House_and_Koffler_Museum_of_Medicine" title="Hillary House and Koffler Museum of Medicine">Hillary House and Koffler Museum of Medicine</a>. Hillary House is recognized by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board as one of Canada's best examples of Gothic Revival architecture.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Aurora_FC_(Canada)" title="Aurora FC (Canada)">Aurora FC</a> is a semi-professional soccer team that plays in <a href="/wiki/League1_Ontario" title="League1 Ontario">League1 Ontario</a> in both the men's and women's divisions. It is also a youth soccer club.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Aurora_Tigers" title="Aurora Tigers">Aurora Tigers</a> is the town's ice hockey club, part of the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Junior_Hockey_League" title="Ontario Junior Hockey League">Ontario Junior Hockey League</a>, with their home arena within the Aurora Community Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sign_of_Aurora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Sign_of_Aurora.jpg/220px-Sign_of_Aurora.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Sign_of_Aurora.jpg/330px-Sign_of_Aurora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Sign_of_Aurora.jpg/440px-Sign_of_Aurora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="1607" /></a><figcaption>"Home of Robert Thomas" city sign in Aurora</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Bowser" title="John W. Bowser">John W. Bowser</a>, project construction superintendent of the <a href="/wiki/Empire_State_Building" title="Empire State Building">Empire State Building</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Aurora_Cemetery_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aurora_Cemetery-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Chadburn" title="Lloyd Chadburn">Lloyd Chadburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> pilot, recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1939%E2%80%931945" class="mw-redirect" title="Croix de guerre 1939–1945">French Croix De Guerre avec Palme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Dennis" title="Norm Dennis">Norm Dennis</a>, retired <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tie_Domi" title="Tie Domi">Tie Domi</a>, retired NHL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Dutchyshen" title="Darren Dutchyshen">Darren Dutchyshen</a>, sportscaster - TSN</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Duthie_(sportscaster)" title="James Duthie (sportscaster)">James Duthie</a>, sportscaster<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Frost" title="Morgan Frost">Morgan Frost</a>, NHL player, drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barclay_Goodrow" title="Barclay Goodrow">Barclay Goodrow</a>, NHL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hap_Holmes" title="Hap Holmes">Hap Holmes</a>, goaltender, won the Stanley Cup four times</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hough" title="Mike Hough">Mike Hough</a>, retired NHL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Johnston" title="Alistair Johnston">Alistair Johnston</a>, professional soccer player with <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic F.C.</a> and the Canadian national team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kris_King" title="Kris King">Kris King</a>, retired NHL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kitchen" title="Mike Kitchen">Mike Kitchen</a>, former Toronto Maple Leafs Assistant Coach and St Louis Blues Head Coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Klees" title="Frank Klees">Frank Klees</a>, Retired Progressive Conservative MPP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Livingston" title="Derek Livingston">Derek Livingston</a>, Olympic snowboarder</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gord_MacFarlane" title="Gord MacFarlane">Gord MacFarlane</a>, minor-league hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Murphy_(ice_hockey,_born_1993)" title="Ryan Murphy (ice hockey, born 1993)">Ryan Murphy</a>, NHL player with <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Nembhard" title="Andrew Nembhard">Andrew Nembhard</a>, basketball player<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson" title="Lester B. Pearson">Lester B. Pearson</a>, the Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968, lived in Aurora in his childhood<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rowswell" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Rowswell">Mark Rowswell</a>, recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a>, is known as <a href="/wiki/Dashan" title="Dashan">Dashan</a> in China, where he is a TV personality.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Stemmle" title="Brian Stemmle">Brian Stemmle</a>, Champion Olympic Alpine skier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Stewart" title="Karl Stewart">Karl Stewart</a>, NHL player, <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belinda_Stronach" title="Belinda Stronach">Belinda Stronach</a>, businesswoman and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Stronach" title="Frank Stronach">Frank Stronach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">CM</a>, founder of <a href="/wiki/Magna_International" title="Magna International">Magna International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Thomas_(ice_hockey)" title="Robert Thomas (ice hockey)">Robert Thomas</a>, NHL player, Stanley Cup winner (2019), <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">St. Louis Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Tuck_(Canadian_football)" title="James Tuck (Canadian football)">James Tuck</a>, Canadian football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Elizabeth_Wilson" title="Anne Elizabeth Wilson">Anne Elizabeth Wilson</a> (1901-1946), writer, poet, editor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leksand" title="Leksand">Leksand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalarna_County" title="Dalarna County">Dalarna County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalarna" title="Dalarna">Dalarna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Ontario" title="List of municipalities in Ontario">List of municipalities in Ontario</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aurora,_Ontario&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The source mistakenly refers to Aurora as being from Greek mythology. 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