- Population of Aurora: 47,629
- Percentage of visible minorities: 7 per cent
- Average family income: $88,000
- Number of Aurora schools that saw improved EQAO scores this year: 16/18
- Average Sale Price of a Home in Aurora: $355,125
- Number of Housing Units for which some form of federal or provincial assistance is Available: 1,300
- Number of major business firms: over 150
- Number of restaurants in Aurora: 59
- Number of doctors and specialists practising in Aurora: 22
- Aurora's top private sector employers: Magna International and State Farm Insurance, each employing 1,200 full-time employees
- Square Feet of Commercial Retail Space in Aurora: 1,353,050
- Rank in Canada's list of largest municipalities: 97
- Approximate distance from Aurora to Tokyo, Japan (by plane): 9970 kilometres
- Acres of parkland: over 615
- Average Aurora snowfall: 74 cm per year
- Aurora has 10 tennis courts, 13 basketball courts, 65 soccer fields, 18 baseball fields, 1 lawn bowling field, 6 golf courses, 1 skate park, 1 sports dome, and 33 playgrounds.
- Number of seats in Aurora Community Centre's largest arena: 1600
- Number of famous retired Toronto Maple Leafs players residing in Aurora: 2 (Wendel Clark and Tie Domi)
- Number of movies currently playing at Aurora Cinemas: 8
Aurora was first settled in 1854, the same year Irish writer Oscar Wilde was born, and the same year Britain declared War on Russia, beginning the Crimean War.
Sources: Town of Aurora, Cineplex, Wikipedia, yorkregion.com