Aurora

(2021 population: 62,057^[1]) is a town in central York Region in the Greater Toronto Area, within the Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located north of the City of Richmond Hill and is partially situated on the Oak Ridges Moraine. In the Canada 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. Aurora is twinned with Leksand, Sweden.^[3]

Cherry[edit]

Cherry is a residential area found at the western end of Ridge Road located northwest of Bloomington Road and Yonge Street.

Downtown[edit]

The town main strip is located on Yonge Street at Wellington Street began as Machell's Corners and Whitchurch as post office name.

Hills of St. Andrew[edit]

A residential area around Bathurst Street and St. John Sideroad developed in the 1980s and alongside St. Andrew's College.^[15]

Petchville[edit]

A former community centred along Wellington Street and Leslie Street. Settled by Jonathan Petch^[16] in 1818 on clergy reserve and was not acquired by Petch as their farm until 1840. The growth was shifted to neighbouring Wesley Corner at the eastside of Petch's farm at Woodbine Avenue. The current community's southside remains less developed when compared to the north which is now a residential subdivision of Aurora North. The community hosts a retail complex (Smart Centre Aurora North), Stornach Aurora Recreational Complex and Magna Golf Course.

White Rose[edit]

White Rose is found near Lebovic Golf Club on Leslie Street north of Bloomington Road and was formerly located within what is now Whitchurch-Stouffville. The former community appeared around 1837 and centred on Samuel Wilton Jr. farm. The Wilton farm had a grist mill producing 999White Rose flour and for which the area was named after.^[17] The farm disappeared by the late 19th century due to poor conditions and remained agricultural.