Working in Vaughan
Vaughan’s young and growing population is an attractive feature for business investment. A diverse population with multi-linguistic capabilities, high educational attainment and skills training offers a competitive edge in business.Vaughan remains one of Canada?s fastest growing cities, adding more than 10,000 new residents each year with a projected population of 420,000 by 2031.
Businesses in Vaughan enjoy access to a regional labour force of 3.1 million workers.The City offers workers safe, family-oriented communities in which to live, work and play. Along with non-resident workers, residents are able to travel with ease to and around the City through a network of connected transit systems that includes the Toronto Transit System, GO Transit, York Region Transit and VIVA rapid transit.
Vaughan is recognized as a city with growing ethnic diversity, attracting young and well-educated people:
- 80% are under age 55; the median age is 35.9 years
- 30% have a university education compared with the provincial figure of 24%
- 53% speak languages other than English
- 20% of new residents in Vaughan are immigrants
