Vaughan Enterprise Zone (VEZ)

Vaughan is one of Canada’s largest industrial markets – the VEZ is the gateway to the greater Toronto Economic Region.

The Vaughan Enterprise Zone (VEZ) is a vast business area with significant goods-movement infrastructure in Vaughan’s west end. It borders Toronto, Brampton and Caledon, covering a total area of 1,668 hectares (4,122 acres). More than a third of the land is developable, offering one of the largest supplies of vacant employment lands in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

The VEZ has a powerful value proposition for head offices, national logistics and distribution centres, manufacturing operations and other users needing large, new spaces.

Vaughan’s industrial market is one of the busiest in the country by value of industrial permits, breaking City records with a record value of $556.5 million in 2022. Vaughan remains the largest industrial market in York Region and the fourth largest industrial market in the Greater Toronto Area after Toronto, Mississauga, and Brampton, with more than 97.5 million sq. ft. total inventory at the end of 2022

Leading VEZ Companies

The VEZ is home to 560 businesses with a combined employment of 18,200 workers, with access to a labour force of 3.9 million within a one-hour drive. The City has plans to build west Vaughan into an employment hub with 60,000 employees and 50 million square feet of industrial, office and accessory commercial space.

FedEx
Aritzia
Home Depot
Longos
Saputo
Sobeys
Adidas Canada
State Window
Anatolia Tile and Stone
Conair

Testimonial

LGC’ Toronto Research Chemicals

“We looked around Ontario and the GTA and chose Vaughan as our location for four reasons, the first one being Vaughan wanted us there. From the Mayor through the economic development team, through the city planning and local partners, it was quite clear they’re working as one team and wanted us there. The second reason was for accessibility. The 400-series highways, Pearson Airport, public transportation, and access to schools around the GTA were fabulous and what we needed. The third part was the quality of life for our employees - we wanted to pick a spot where people wanted to live and looking at the housing plan, the long term range for Vaughan is a place we thought we’d want to be. And lastly, the ecosystem - the west side of the GTA has lots of life science businesses, and Vaughan is committed to bringing even more to the City through the Vaughan Healthcare [Centre] Precinct.”

Michael St. Pierre, Former Executive Vice President and General Manager

Vaughan is Transformative, Ambitious and Purpose-driven.

As the go-to source for insight into Vaughan’s business community, Economic Development can support you with business, economic, real estate, and demographic information; highly customized end-to-end site selection assistance; zoning, planning, by-law information and more!

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