Aurora, Ontario
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| Town of Aurora | |||
Aurora Town Hall
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| Motto: You're in Good Company | |||
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| Coordinates: 44°0′N 79°28′W / 44.000°N 79.467°WCoordinates: 44°0′N 79°28′W / 44.000°N 79.467°W | |||
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 Canada
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 Ontario
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| Regional municipality | York Region | ||
| Settled | 1854 | ||
| Incorporated | 1888 (town) | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Geoffrey Dawe | ||
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 49.78 km2 (19.22 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total | 53,203 (Ranked 95th) | ||
| • Density | 1,068.8/km2 (2,768/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| List of L Postal Codes of Canada | L4G | ||
| Area code(s) | 905 and 289 | ||
| GNBC CGNDB Key | FDJFO | ||
| Website | www |
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Aurora (2011 population 53,203) is an affluent town in York Region in the Greater Toronto Area, within the Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario. It is located north of the town of Richmond Hill and is partially situated on the Oak Ridges Moraine. In the Canada 2011 Census, the municipal population of Aurora was the 95th largest in Canada, compared to 97th for the 2006 Census. Aurora has consistently ranked in the top 10 wealtiest cities in Canada.
Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe gave the order for Yonge Street to be extended to Holland Landing in 1793, and the way was paved for the establishment of a community where Aurora now stands. In 1795, the first house in Aurora was built at Yonge St and Catherine Av. In 1804, Richard Machell became the first merchant at the cross roads 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 reeve. As postmaster, he was influential in renaming the village Aurora.
With the coming of the railway in 1853, Aurora emerged as an important centre north of Toronto. The Fleury plough works was established soon after and Aurora was on its way to becoming a flourishing industrial town.
The population of Aurora in 1863 was 700, and by 1888 it had grown to become a town of 2,107 residents. With some ups and downs in growth over the years, Aurora is now a flourishing town with a strong commercial and industrial base.
Worthy of note is the fact that Aurora was the childhood home of Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968, when his father, Rev. Edwin Pearson, was the Methodist minister.
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