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'''Maple''' is a high-growth suburban community located northwest of [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]] [[Ontario]] [[Canada]], part of the city of [[Vaughan, Ontario|Vaughan]] in [[York Region]]. In [[2001]], its population was 36,385^{[http://www.city.vaughan.on.ca/business/stats/population/population3.cfm]} (though Statistics Canada indicates a population of 37050^{[http://broadband.gc.ca/demographic_servlet/community_demographics/2672]}), living in 10893 dwellings.

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| image_caption = Wonder Mountain at [[Canada's Wonderland]]

| map_caption = Maple within Vaughan

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Canada|Province]]

| subdivision_name1 = Ontario

| subdivision_type2 = [[Regional municipality]]

| subdivision_name2 = [[Regional Municipality of York, Ontario|York Region]]

| subdivision_type3 = [[City]]

| subdivision_name3 = [[Vaughan]]

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| established_date3 = 1971 into [[Vaughan, Ontario|Vaughan]] (as Town) 1990 (as City)

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| leader_name1 = [[Stephen Lecce]] ([[King—Vaughan (provincial electoral district)|King—Vaughan]])

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| leader_name2 = Marilyn Iafrate (Ward 1) <br />Chris Ainsworth (Ward 4)

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'''Maple''' is a large neighbourhood in [[Vaughan]], [[Regional Municipality of York|York Region]], [[Ontario]], Canada, north of [[Toronto]].<ref name="GNBC"/> It was founded as a small [[village]], located at the intersection of [[Major Mackenzie Drive]] and [[Keele Street]].

==Geography==

Maple is located across [[Ontario Highway 400|Highway 400]] from [[Woodbridge, Ontario|Woodbridge]] and still-rural areas of Vaughan to the southwest and northwest respectively, and [[Concord, Vaughan|Concord]] to the south across Rutherford Road. To the east it forms the city's boundary along [[Bathurst Street (Toronto)|Bathurst Street]], across from the City of [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]]. The northern part of Maple is still largely rural and contains the communities of [[Hope, Ontario|Hope]] and [[Teston, Vaughan|Teston]], although industrial development is occurring along the Highway 400 corridor east to [[Jane Street (Toronto)|Jane Street]], and there are some residential areas along Keele. North of Maple lies a fully rural area which continues 2 km north to Vaughan's city limits with [[King, Ontario|King Township]].

Located at {{coor dm|43|51|N|79|31|W|}}, Maple covers 23.9 km² of land area.

The [[Oak Ridges Moraine]], which is the source of many [[watercourses]] in the [[Greater Toronto Area]], runs through the northeast. The west branch of the [[Don River (Toronto)|Don River]] rises to the northwest in the [[moraine]] and flows through Maple.

The west branch of the [[Don River, Toronto|Don River]] flows 1 km west of Maple and rises northwest of Maple. Several creeks are to the east and the [[Black Creek, Ontario|Black Creek]] used to began slightly west of Vellore. The [[Oak Ridges Moraine]] is to the northeast which supplies a lot of water to the [[Greater Toronto Area]].

==Transportation==

[[Humber River, Toronto|Black Creek]] flows in the west, the [[Don River, Toronto|Don River]] flows to the northern and the eastern part. [[York University]] Keele Campus is to the south on Keele, and is accessed 2 km NE from [[Paramount Canada's Wonderland]].

[[File:Maple Station building.JPG|thumb|right|The building at the [[Maple GO Station]] is a federally designated heritage railway station]]

Keele Street and Major Mackenzie Drive are the cross streets of the original historic village. Major Mackenzie has an interchange with [[Ontario Highway 400|Highway 400]] in the west, as does Rutherford Road 2 km to the south, at the district's southwestern corner.

Maple is served by [[GO Transit|GO Transit's]] [[Barrie line]]; stopping at [[Maple GO Station|Maple]] and [[Rutherford GO Station|Rutherford]] GO stations. GO also runs commuter bus routes. The Maple GO Station, built in 1903 by the [[Grand Trunk Railroad]], is a federally designated a heritage railway station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=6765|title=Former Canadian National Railway Station|work=Canada's Historic Places|publisher=[[Parks Canada]]|access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref>

==Transporation==

Maple is accessed by Major Mackenzie Drive and [[Keele Street]]. The nearest exit is 3 km west at [[Highway 400]] and Major Mackenzie.

Public transit service is provided by [[York Region Transit]] (YRT). Major north-south trunk routes serve Jane Street (20 Jane), Keele Street (107 Keele and 96 Keele-Yonge), and [[Dufferin Street]] (105 Dufferin; only serving Maple (north of Rutherford Road) during weekdays with no late evening service). East-west trunk routes serve Rutherford (85 Rutherford) and Major Mackenzie Drive (4 Major Mackenzie). There are also three lesser routes providing service along various side streets.<ref>{{Cite web|title=YRT System Map|url=https://www.yrt.ca/en/schedules-and-maps/resources/Documents/system-maps/YRT-System-Map_Web_Sep2024.pdf}}</ref>

The industrial area lies south of Maple, closer to [[Highway 407]]. Maple is located 13 km NE of [[Woodbridge, Ontario|Woodbridge]], 11 km E of [[Kleinburg, Ontario|Kleinburg]] 8 km S of [[King City, Ontario|King City]], 6.5 km from downtown [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]] 12 km NW of [[Thornhill, Ontario|Thornhill]] N of [[Highway 401]], and SSE of [[Barrie, Ontario|Barrie]].

==History==

Maple is accessed by a [[Canadian National]] line (Toronto - Washago) to its east with its [[GO Transit]] [[Bradford (GO Transit)]] rail stations at [[Maple (GO Station)]] and [[Rutherford (GO Station)]]. [[Toronto Transit Commission]], [[York Region Transit]], and [[GO Transit]] buses serve the area.

The founding families of Maple were the Noble and the Rupert families. The Nobles settled around the present Major Mackenzie Drive and Keele Street intersection in the early half of the 19th century. In 1852 the village was called Noble's Corner after Joseph Noble, the first Postmaster. Later, a Doctor Rupert lived in Maple and was such a respected member of the community that the town's name was changed to Rupertsville. Local folklore associates the name "Maple" with the numerous [[maple trees]] once found along Keele Street in the village. Maple was dominated for most of the 19th century by the more prosperous nearby communities of Sherwood and Teston (today both within Maple). Keele Street was then in very poor condition and forced most travelers to take alternate routes.

Once the Ontario, Huron, and Simcoe Railway (reorganized as the [[Northern Railway of Canada]] in 1858) built a line through Maple in the early 1850s, the town began to grow. The station (originally called [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]]) was opened in 1853, and a stage coach was run from Richmond Hill to Maple to connect with the station.<ref>{{cite book |last=Reaman |first=G. E. |author-link= |date=1971 |title=A History of Vaughan Township |url= |___location= |publisher=University of Toronto Press |page=82 |isbn=}}</ref> The [[Grand Trunk Railway]] (later [[Canadian National Railway]]) bought the line in early 1900, and after the station burnt down in 1904, a new station was built and renamed Maple.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.vaughan.ca/services/vaughan_archives/historyofvaughan/VaughanDocuments/A%20Brief%20History%20of%20Maple.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-22 |archive-date=2013-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224110502/https://www.vaughan.ca/services/vaughan_archives/historyofvaughan/VaughanDocuments/A%20Brief%20History%20of%20Maple.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Maple formerly had small airport in the west which was closed down in the late [[20th century]]. The runways ran diagonally like the letter x, the runway ran from northwest to southeast and was the longest, and another which ran southwest to northeast and was the shortest. Street names line [[Avro]], [[Lockheed]] and [[P-51 Mustang|Mustang]] are named after these planes where the former airport once located.

Maple, as a centre of agriculture, was enhanced with the proximity of the railway and later began to grow in population due to its proximity to then-[[Metropolitan Toronto]] (now [[Toronto]]). A major Ontario Department of Lands and Forests office was situated there in the 1960s. Small housing developments began in the 1960s in the southwest, as well as replacement of homes damaged in the August 1962 fire and explosion at an industrial propane depot. Larger housing developments began in the 1980s in the northwest, near McNaughton.

==Other trivia==

*Area code: 1-[[North American area code 905|905]]-832

*Name of inhabitants: Mapleite? ''sing.'', -s ''pl.''

Maplonian? ''sing.'', -s ''pl.''

*Postal code: Originally Designated L0P 1C0, now part of L7x

Maple was amalgamated with nearby communities and Vaughan Township to form the Town of Vaughan in 1971. Vaughan was incorporated as a city in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vaughan's Municipal Government ''Municipal Government History''|url=https://www.vaughan.ca/explore-vaughan/vaughans-history/vaughans-municipal-government|publisher=City of Vaughan|access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref>

[[Canada's Wonderland]], a large [[amusement park]], opened in 1981 on a large parcel of former Maple farmland along the west side of Highway 400.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themeparkcanuck.com/2012/03/30/canadas-wonderland-park-history/|title=Canada's Wonderland Park History|last=Canuck|first=Theme Park|date=2012-03-30|website=Theme Park Canuck|access-date=2016-05-07}}</ref>

Maple was an agricultural community. Much of the area used to be farmlands. The forests are to the Don Valley, the southwest, once within Vellore, the northwest, mixed in the north and plenty to its east and the northeast with a hill The centre of the community was to its east and the central part. The urban area were only to the northeast and the southwest.

In 1983 the [[Keele Valley Landfill]] was opened on the site of a former [[gravel pit]] north of Major Mackenzie, east of the CN line to Dufferin Street. It was owned and operated by Metropolitan Toronto, and later by the City of Toronto. The Keele Valley Landfill was closed on December 31, 2002 after it reached its capacity. Part of the site was developed into the Eagle's Nest [[Golf Course]], and other developments will occur in the future once the buried waste decomposes sufficiently.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eaglesnestgolf.com/faq.htm|title=Eagles Nest Golf Club: Frequently Asked Questions|last=Innovasium|website=Eaglesnestgolf.com|access-date=2016-05-07}}</ref>

==History==

Housing developments began in the [[1960s]] in the southwest. Massive housing developments did not began until the [[1980s]] in the northwest near McNaughton. In the mid-[[1980s]] to the late-[[1980s]] between the Don and the CN line south to Rutherford.

Maple formerly had a small airport in the west, the [[Maple Airport]], which closed in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://militarybruce.com/maple-airport-part-of-vibrant-past/|title=Maple Airport Part of Vibrant Past » Canadian Military History|website=militarybruce.com|access-date=2016-05-11}}</ref> Many streets in the residential area later built on the site were named after aircraft makes and models such as [[Avro]], [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]], and [[P-51 Mustang|Mustang]].

A gravel mine used to carry out gravel in the area north of Major Mackenzie and from the CN Rail to Dufferin Street. The [[Keele Valley Landfill Site]] which was owned by [[Metropolitan Toronto]] and later by the city of Toronto began putting much of the GTA's garbage into this landfill from the old landfill in the Riverdale neighbourhood. The landfill has a plant in the central part. The landfill existed until the [[2002]] when they were moving the landfill outside the GTA to clean up the environment and is situated in the Oak Ridges Moraine. Instead of moving north into [[Adams Mine]] in [[Kirkland Lake, Ontario|Kirkland Lake]] which would pollute the environment, most of the garbage is presently moving into [[Michigan]]. The landfill was finally closed on [[January 2003|January 1, 2003]]?. It became reserved for the "Eagle's Nest" golf course.

Maple's proximity to Toronto and its major transportation corridors, have led to the heavy development and population growth. In 1993, housing development began in the area of what was former airport. In 1995, it expanded to the west. Between 1997 and 1999, urban developments reached the northwestern part of Maple and Melville and the Don to the GO line. Developments also reached to the northeastern and southeastern parts. Estate housing began developing northeast of the original village near Dufferin Street in the late-1990s. The housing developments began up to the Highway 400 in the northwest.

Larger housing developments began to pop up near Teston between the 400 and Weston and Kirby near Pine Valley and Greenock near Weston and Teston and to the northeast near Bathurst and Teston with a golf course.

By 2000, developments reached the western part as far as Highway 400, Teston Road, the GO line, and the southwest. These included one of the largest mosques in Canada, the [[Baitul Islam Mosque]], which is located on Jane Street south of Teston Road, where a planned subdivision named Peace Village was established in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peacevillage.ca/_mgxroot/page_10757.html|title=Peacevillage.ca|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902083413/http://www.peacevillage.ca/_mgxroot/page_10757.html|archive-date=2008-09-02}}</ref> Development is still ongoing in the northwest north of Teston between Highway 400 and Jane, around the former hamlet of Teston.

Canada's Wonderland ([[Paramount Canada's Wonderland]]) first opened in 1979.

== Political ==

In [[1993]], housing lots began on which was Maple Airport and northwest. In [[1995]], it expanded to the western part of Maple. Between [[1997]] and [[1999]], urban developments reached the northwestern part of Maple and Melville and the Don to the train tracks. Developments also reached the northeastern part and the southeastern part. Megalot houses began developing northeast of Maple near Dufferin in the late-[[1990s]]. The housing developments began up to the Highway 400 in the northwest. Housing developments began near Vellore.

Maple is within the Ontario provincial electoral riding of [[King—Vaughan (provincial electoral district)|King-Vaughan]], and the MPP is [[Stephen Lecce]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=7205&detailPage=members_detail_career|title=Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{!}} Members (MPPs) {{!}} Current MPPs {{!}} Hon Steven Del Duca, MPP (Vaughan)|website=Ontla.on.ca|access-date=2016-05-07|archive-date=2016-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106095440/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=7205&detailPage=members_detail_career|url-status=dead}}</ref> Maple is in the federal riding of [[King—Vaughan (federal electoral district)|King-Vaughan]] and the MP is Anna Roberts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anna Roberts|url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/anna-roberts(105191)|access-date=January 6, 2022|website=Parliament of Canada}}</ref>

As of [[2001]], developments reached the northwestern part as fas as Highway 400, Teston Road, the CN line and the southwest. Most of the housing developments in the early-[[2000s]] reached Pine Valley Drive in the southwest in Vellore Village and Vellore Woods. The housing and urban developments is currently in the west between Highway 400 and Weston and Major Mackenzie and will reach to Teston.

Outside Maple, Vellore to the southwest used to serve as a town hall for Vaughan until the late-20th century when it was moved to Maple. Today, the old town hall of Vaughan is a landmark.

==Subdivisions==

*[[Purpleville, Ontario|Purpleville]], west near Pine Valley Drive

*[[Teston, Ontario|Teston]], northwest

*[[Hope (Maple), Ontario|Hope]], north

*[[Carrville, Ontario|Carrville]], east

*[[Vellore, Ontario|Vellore]], southwest

==Nearest communities==

*[[Concord, Ontario|Concord]], south

*[[Woodbridge, Ontario|Woodbridge]], southwestwest

*[[Kleinburg, Ontario|Kleinburg]], north west

*[[King City, Ontario|King City]], north

*[[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]], east

*[[Thornhill, Ontario|Thornhill]], southeast

==Notable people==

==Sites of interest and attractions==

* [[Max Aitken]], better known as ''First Baron Beaverbrook'', was born in the St Andrew's [[Presbyterian Church in Canada|Presbyterian Church]] Manse in 1879. His father left for a congregation in [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Newcastle]] [[New Brunswick]] the following year. There is a plaque outside the Church, noting that as Lord Beaverbrook, he donated a [[carillon]].{{ref|carillon}}

*[[Paramount Canada's Wonderland]], Toronto and Southern Ontario's Paramount amusement park.

* [[Massimo Bertocchi]], Olympic [[decathlete]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Massimo Bertocchi is Beijing Bound | publisher = Yorkregion.com | date = July 25, 2008 | url = http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/1450730-massimo-bertocchi-is-beijing-bound/}}</ref>

*[[Vaughan Mills]], The Mills, mega mall, located in the southwest

* [[Luca Caputi]] - [[ice hockey]] player [[IK Oskarshamn]] of the Swedish [[HockeyAllsvenskan]]

* [[Justin DiBenedetto]] - ice hockey player

* [[Phil Di Giuseppe]] - ice hockey player drafted into the NHL as the 38th [[2012 NHL Entry Draft#Round two|draft pick in 2012]] by the [[Carolina Hurricanes]].

* [[Lucas Lessio]] - ice hockey player drafted into the NHL as the 56th [[2011 NHL Entry Draft#Round two|draft pick in 2011]] by the [[Phoenix Coyotes]].

* [[Mendelson Joe]] - artist was raised in Maple.

* [[Adam Mascherin]] - ice hockey player

* [[Tyler Medeiros]] - a teen singer born in Maple.

* [[David Ostella]] - racing driver

* [[Andi Petrillo]] - sports anchor was raised in Maple.

* Dr. Fredrick William Routley - practiced medicine in Maple from 1909 to 1912. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Red Cross for 27 years. In 1923 he developed the [[Ontario Blue Cross|Blue Cross Plan]] which was put into effect in Ontario in 1941. Dr. Routley also helped establish the [[Ontario Hospital Association]] in 1923.<ref name="auto"/>

* [[Martina Sorbara]], lead singer and songwriter of Juno-Award-winning band [[Dragonette]]; grew up on a farm in Maple.<ref>{{cite web | last = Melvin | first = Charlie | title = Culture: Singer With a Grand Passion for Creation; Martina Sorbara Has More Than One String To Her Bow | publisher = The Free Library | date = March 20, 2003 | url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Culture%3A+Singer+with+a+grand+passion+for+creation%3B+Martina+Sorbara...-a098974705}}</ref>

* [[Stuck On Planet Earth]] - a Canadian independent rock band

==External linksReferences==

{{Reflist}}

* [http://broadband.gc.ca/demographic_servlet/community_demographics/2672 Industry Canada - Community Demographics - Maple]

:1. {{note|carillon}} {{cite web|url=http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_5618_1.html|title=Online Plaque Guide: Lord Beaverbrook 1879-1964|publisher=The Ontario Heritage Foundation|access-date=2006-04-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034445/http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_5618_1.html|archive-date=2007-09-27}}

===Map and aerial photos===

*[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=43.8decimal&latitude=-79.7&longitude=&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest]

*[http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=43.8&lat=-79.7&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver]

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