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Before buying a home- you need a lot of information about the neighbourhood you are going to live in. The following is general information about Thornhill- one of the highly affluent neighbourhoods of the Greater Toronto Area. Here you will find information about the demographics, politics and education, with the variety of public and private schools, many of which are considered the best in Canada.
Thornhill (2006 population 106,394) is a community in the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the northern border of the city of Toronto. Once a municipal village, Thornhill is now a community and postal designation geographically split into two municipalities along Yonge Street, the city of Vaughan to the west and the town of Markham to the east. According to the 2001 Census, the population of Thornhill-Vaughan was 56,361,[1] and the population of Thornhill-Markham was 47,333. [2]
It is immediately south of Richmond Hill.
Demographics
Income
Thornhill's mean household income is in excess of $100,000 compared with $50,600 averaged across the Greater Toronto area. Of all households, 61 per cent of the community earns an income in excess of $70,000. Approximately 89 per cent of Thornhill residents own their home.
Ethnicity
Thornhill has a very ethnically diverse population. It is home to significant visible minorities communities, but is particularly known for its large Jewish community: a significant portion of the population of Thornhill is Jewish. It is home to numerous Jewish synagogues and schools, particularly Ashkenazi and Sephardic Orthodox Jewish synagogues such as the Thornhill Community Shul, Westmount Shul and Learning Centre,the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto, Sephardic Kehilla Centre, and Chabad centres such as the Jewish Russian Community Centre, as well as Conservative synagogues such as Beit Rayim as well as Reform Jewish institutions such as Temple Har Zion, Temple Kol Ami, and the Leo Baeck Day School, a major Reform Jewish primary school. Thornhill is also home to the largest mosque in Ontario.
Politics
Thornhill is a federal and provincial riding. The Member of Parliament for Thornhill is Peter Kent (Conservative), and the Member of Provincial Parliament is Peter Shurman (Progressive Conservative). Municipally, Thornhill is split into Wards 4 and 5 in the City of Vaughan and Wards 1 and 2 in the Town of Markham. It is represented by Sandra Yeung Racco (Vaughan Ward 4), Alan Shefman (Vaughan Ward 5), Valerie Burke(Markham Ward 1), and Erin Shapiro (Markham Ward 2). The riding had traditionally been held by Liberal, both provincial and federal MP and MPP's respectively
Education
Public schools
Secondary schools
Elementary schools
Catholic schools
St. Elizabeth Catholic High School.
Private schools
Jewish Schools
Islamic Schools
Other Schools
