Concord, Ontario

Concord is a suburban industrial district in the City of Vaughan in York Region, located north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. According to the 2001 Census, Concord has 8,255 residents. It is accessed by two provincial highways: Highway 407 and Highway 400. Concord's approximate boundaries are Steeles Avenue to the south, Highway 400 to the west, Dufferin Street to the east, and Rutherford Road to the north, though it includes the Carrville neighbourhood east to Bathurst Street between Rutherford and Highway 7. The area along Highway 7, from Highway 400 to just east of Jane Street, though still often considered by many to be part of Concord, is now officially a new district: the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, which is Vaughan's planned urban core. == History == Concord became a postal village in 1854 when John Duncan became postmaster at the northwest corner of Dufferin Street and Centre Street. The area's name is likely linked to Hiram White (1788-1859) who came to Vaughan from Concord, Vermont in 1818. White farmed in the area (Lot 8 Concession 3) north of the village. The Northern Railway of Canada established a stop at Thornhill in 1853, located to the north of present-day Highway 7 along the GO Barrie line. In 1853, Canadian Northern Railway renamed the stop Concord.