Vaughan is a city in York Region north of Toronto with a population of 288,301 people. Vaughan is one of southern Ontario’s fastest growing cities. According to Statistics Canada, the population grew 37.3% in a mere four-year period and also has a younger age profile than the Canadian average as 22.3% is under the age of 14, while those over 65 constitute 8.15%, one of the lowest in Ontario resulting in an average age of 34.1.
Vaughan is reputably known as having some of the highest concentrations of southern Europeans (notably Italians), Eastern Europeans (chiefly Russians and Poles) and Jewish people in Ontario, while those who are of British and/or Irish origin form a smaller proportion than in many other southern Ontario cities.