Vaughan Quiz
Which street splits Thornhill between Vaughan and Markham?
Yonge Street is the boundary. Until 1931, Vaughan and Markham townships each ran their own half of the village.
Source: Wikipedia, Thornhill, Ontario
York Region trivia
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Aurora
23 facts
Where does the area name White Rose come from?
East Gwillimbury
22 facts
Who is Holland Landing named after?
Georgina
22 facts
Which islands in Lake Simcoe make up the Georgina Island reserve?
King Township
24 facts
Which band released a song called Township of King?
Markham
31 facts
True or false: Pacific Mall is the largest indoor Asian mall in North America.
Newmarket
21 facts
Which department store chain began on Newmarket's Main Street?
Richmond Hill
27 facts
Which comedy show recorded its first five radio seasons in Richmond Hill?
Stouffville
24 facts
True or false: the oldest European iron found in inland North America came from Stouffville.
Vaughan
32 facts
Which horror movie used the Kortright Centre as a set?
About York Region
York Region Quiz
When was York Region created?
The Regional Municipality of York replaced York County on January 1, 1971. Fourteen old municipalities were merged into nine.
York Region Quiz
How many people lived in York Region in the 2021 Census?
York Region counted 1,173,334 people in 2021, up 5.7 percent from 2016. Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill are its three largest cities.
York Region History
How big was York Region supposed to be by the year 2000?
The 1970 plan capped Aurora, Newmarket and Richmond Hill at 25,000 people each by 2000, and the whole region at 300,000. The region passed a million people instead.
York Region History
How many police forces merged to form York Regional Police?
Fourteen. When the region was created in 1971, the town, township and village police forces of York County were joined into York Regional Police.
York Region Numbers
How much land does York Region cover?
York Region covers 1,762 square kilometres, from Lake Simcoe in the north to Toronto in the south, between Durham Region and Peel Region.
York Region Quiz
How long is the Oak Ridges Moraine?
Its rolling hills run about 160 km from the Niagara Escarpment east to Rice Lake. Advancing and retreating glaciers built it about 12,000 years ago.
Source: Wikipedia, Oak Ridges Moraine
York Region Nature
How deep is the sand and gravel of the Oak Ridges Moraine?
Below the moraine's hills lie about 200 metres of glacial sediment in places, laid down by meltwater as the last ice sheets broke up.
Source: Wikipedia, Oak Ridges Moraine
York Region Quiz
Who is Yonge Street named after?
John Graves Simcoe named the street for his friend Sir George Yonge. It was built in the 1790s to link Lake Ontario with Lake Simcoe.
Source: Wikipedia, Yonge Street
York Region Quiz
True or false: Yonge Street is the longest street in the world.
Guinness repeated this claim until 1999 by mixing up Yonge Street with Highway 11. Yonge Street itself is about 86 km long.
Source: Wikipedia, Yonge Street
York Region Places
Why do street numbers in York Region count east and west from Yonge?
In Toronto and York Region, Yonge Street is the north-south baseline for street numbers. It also formed the basis for the concession roads laid out in the 1790s.
Source: Wikipedia, Yonge Street
York Region Quiz
What did the Wendat call Lake Simcoe?
They called it Ouentironk, which means Beautiful Water. John Graves Simcoe renamed it in 1793 after his father, Captain John Simcoe of the Royal Navy.
Source: Wikipedia, Lake Simcoe
York Region History
How did a lake in York Region give Toronto its name?
French maps called Lake Simcoe Lac Taronto, after The Narrows at its north end. The name travelled south along the Toronto Carrying-Place Trail to the fort and later the city.
Source: Wikipedia, Lake Simcoe
York Region Numbers
Where does Lake Simcoe rank among Ontario's lakes?
It is the fourth-largest lake entirely within Ontario. About half a million people live in the area that drains into it.
Source: Wikipedia, Lake Simcoe
York Region Quiz
How big is Rouge National Urban Park?
The park covers about 79 square kilometres along the Rouge River, from Toronto north into Markham, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Pickering and Uxbridge.
York Region Culture
Which Group of Seven painter painted the Rouge River in Markham?
Frederick Varley painted the banks of the Rouge River in Markham during the 1950s, inspired by its scenery.
York Region History
What is hidden at Bead Hill in Rouge National Urban Park?
Bead Hill is the intact site of a 17th-century Seneca village and a National Historic Site since 1991. To protect it, it is not open to the public.
York Region History
How did people travel between Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe before roads?
By the Toronto Carrying-Place Trail, a portage route along the Humber and Rouge rivers to the Holland River. It was named a National Historic Event in 1969.