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The study area includes the western portion of the City of Vaughan from Highway 400 in the east to Highway 50 in the west and from Highway 407 in the south to Teston Road in the north. The study area is primarily composed of a mix of residential and open space land uses surrounded by industrial-commercial land uses associated with Highways 400, 407, and 427. There is rapid urbanization within this portion of the City with the planned northward expansion of the residential/commercial land base.
In terms of open space land uses, the Boyd Conservation Area extending north from Langstaff Road to Rutherford Road and the Kortright Centre for Conservation located directly north of Rutherford consist of 842 hectares of Toronto and Region Conservation Authority owned land. The largest natural environmental feature of the study area is the Humber River and valley, mainly the East Humber subwatershed. The majority of the Humber River watershed is considered a coldwater stream, with some warm water sections throughout. The provincially threatened redside dace is known to inhabit the East Humber River and its tributaries.
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