Thornhill Woods
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ThornHill Woods, ThornHill, Vaughan

About the area and community of ThornHill Woods

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ThornHill Woods is located in the ThornHill Vaughan area which is one of Toronto’s oldest and most vibrant but fastest growing suburbs.

The area is named for Benjamin Thorne, a businessman who moved to the area in 1820 and set up a number of businesses including a sawmill, a grist mill and a tannery. The area was originally called Thorne’s Mills or Thorne Hill, a name that was eventually changed to ThornHill.

Interestingly enough the village of ThornHill claims to date from 1794 when the earliest settlers arrived in the area. The first municipality of ThornHill, a police village was created in 1931. In 1971 the police village was abolished and administration was transferred to the towns of Vaughn and Markham.

ThornHill Woods or Block 10 is located in the Carrville District in Vaughan. It was historically considered part of the nearby village of Maple. ThornHill Woods became part of Vaughan in 1971 when the Township of Vaughan was converted into a town. Vaughan has become a city so ThornHill Woods is now part of the city of Vaughan.

ThornHill Woods is bounded by bordered by Highway Seven, Bathurst Street, Dufferin Road and Major McKenzie Drive. The area is popular with young families who have recently moved out of apartments in Toronto and into their first homes. The types of Housing in ThornHill Woods are a mix of single family homes and town homes. So far there are no apartment houses in ThornHill Woods but there are plans to construct them.

ThornHill Woods is one of the fastest growing communities in Canada. It is hard to determine how many people live in ThornHill Woods because it wasn’t included in the last Canadian census. Estimates of the area’s population range from 16,000 to 20,000. Even though ThornHill Woods statistics aren’t available it should be noted that the city of Vaughan has doubled in population since 1991.

The ThornHill area has one of the highest per capita incomes in the Greater Toronto Area. Statistics Canada estimates that 61 percent of the families there have a household income of greater than $70,000. In addition to this 89 percent of the families in the community own their own homes.

ThornHill Woods is located in a very ethnically diverse area. The area is home to a large and vibrant Jewish community. The largest ethnic group in ThornHill is the Chinese who make up 11% of the population. In addition to the Chinese, there are significant populations of South Asians (Indians and Pakistanis) Koreans, Africans, Filipinos and West Asians.