Vaughan City Overview
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Prior to the 1849 Robert Baldwin Act, townships had no corporate existence. In 1850 the present municipal system came into operation in Vaughan. The township would elect 5 councillors, and have the power to levy local taxes, appoint officers, supervise statute labour, and borrow certain moneys. The councillors elected a reeve and one or more deputy reeves. Votes were cast by open ballot, which meant that a voter stood before the returning officer and publicly proclaimed his preference. The first Township Hall was located on Concession 6 at Vellore.

The Baldwin Act also stipulated that hamlets of 900 or more residents were to be incorporated as villages. Thus in 1882 Woodbridge was raised to this level, and a municipal government independent of Vaughan Township¹s was established. This structure continued until 1971 when the Township of Vaughan became the Town of Vaughan with the Village of Woodbridge being incorporated into the latter. Exactly twenty years to the day after this event, Vaughan was designated a city (1 January 1991). Before 1850 the educational system in Vaughan was inadequate. Some improvement was forthcoming at this time when municipalities were permitted to levy a tax for school purposes on real property, and local school trustees (trustees were appointed for each school) were empowered with full authority to manage schools.

Vaughan Township School Board, which in turn gave way to the York County Board of Education in 1969, and the York Regional School Board in 1971. Well into the 20th century life for students was very difficult, with harsh discipline, and schools that were cramped, oppressively hot during the summer, and bitterly cold in winter. This was a far cry indeed from the state of educational facilities that the City of Vaughan presently possesses.

Today Vaughan is a vibrant city with an excellent range of sport facilities and recreational opportunities for its citizens and the sport tourism traveler as well.

Vaughan Ontario has great opportunities for sport tournaments of all kinds. Sport tourism is a part of Vaughan Ontario and it features a wide variety of sport tournament opportunities.