Aurora

Aurora (2021 population: 62,057[3]) is a town in central York Region, in the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located 48 km (29 mi) from Downtown Toronto, north of Richmond Hill partially situated on the Oak Ridges Moraine, and surrounded by the Greenbelt. In the 2021 Census, the municipal population of Aurora was the 92nd largest in Canada, compared to 95th for the 2016 Census and 97th for the 2006 Census. History A map of Aurora from 1878. Scale is denoted in chains, a measure equivalent to 66 feet or 20.12 metres. Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe gave the order for Yonge Street to be extended to Holland Landing 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.[5] The government began granting deeds to land in 1797. By 1801 there were fourteen homes.[6]