Canada's Wonderland - Vaughan (Ontario)

Province: Ontario

City: Vaughan


Canada's Wonderland is a theme park located in Vaughan (Ontario). It is the country largest park.

The park is open daily from May to September. The park features 16 roller coasters, tied with Cedar Point for second-most roller coasters in an amusement park behind Six Flags Magic Mountain.Canada's Wonderland also features a 20-acre water park called Splash Works, and during the fall season, a Halloween-themed event called Halloween Haunt.

Canada's Wonderland was opened in 1981 by the Taft Broadcasting Company and The Great-West Life Assurance Company. From 1994 to 2006 the park was owned by Paramount Parks. Cedar Fair Entertainment Company purchased the park in 2006. 

Facts:

- 3,582,000 visitors in 2013

- 69 total rides, 16 roller coasters, 2 water rides

- Half a million stuffed toys are won at the Park each Season

- The Park’s parking lot is over 3 million square feet with 10,300 parking spaces. It would be able to hold over 50 cruise ships

- Both the Victoria Day and Canada Day firework celebrations use in excess of 4000 fireworks hitting heights of over 600 feet. (183m)

- Longest rollercoaster in the park – Leviathan at 5486 feet long. (1,672m)

- Fastest rollercoaster in the park – Leviathan 148km/h

- Number of stairs up Leviathan lift hill – 456

9580 Jane St, Vaughan, ON L6A 1S6

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