Necessitated by population growth, the old Civic Centre was renovated and expanded in 1982.

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1980~1989The 1980s saw a dramatic increase in the Town of Vaughan’s population. In 1980, there were only 25,044 residents, but by 1989 more than 101,000 people called Vaughan home. This surge in the population was due in large part to the plethora of developments and building projects taking place at that time. New libraries (Woodbridge in 1981, Dufferin Clark in 1987 and Ansley Grove in 1989), community centres (Garnet A. Williams in 1984, Father Ermanno Bulfon in 1988 and Al Palladini in 1989), and fire stations (Fire Stations #7-1 in 1981, #72 in 1988 and #76 in 1989) were built. In 1989, in an attempt to preserve some of the Town’s heritage, Vaughan established its first Conservation District in Thornhill. The old Civic Centre at Major Mackenzie Drive and Keele Street was renovated and expanded in 1982, a move necessitated by Vaughan’s growth. One of Vaughan’s foremost attractions, Canada’s Wonderland, opened at the beginning of the decade. Thus, the 1980s was the beginning of a trend in development and forward thinking that still thrives in Vaughan today.

Woodbridge Avenue looking east, 1982.

Southwest corner of Keele Street and Major Mackenzie Drive, Maple, 1988.

Uplands Golf and Ski Club (looking southwest from corner of Highway 407 and Yonge Street), 1988.

Canada’s Wonderland, 1981.

Woodbridge Core, 1983.

Woodbridge Avenue looking west, 1982.

Maple Airport, 1985. This aerial depicts the land southeast of Major Mackenzie Drive and Jane Street, which was once home to the Maple Airport (1955-1987).

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