Originally called Claireville, it was renamed for the Albion Township, which was the eastern third of the present-day (since 1973/1974) limits of Caledon.

[1] Until 1990, the section was serviced by the 36 Finch West and 118 Finch via Allen Road, the latter of which was cancelled in 1996 due to low ridership and the opening of Sheppard West station (then named Downsview station), making the route redundant.

[2] The name of the street is derived from Kingston, Ontario, as the road was the primary route used to travel from Toronto to the settlements east of it situated along the northern shores of Lake Ontario; in the west end of Kingston, this highway was referred to as the York Road (referring to the former name of Toronto used from 1793 to 1834) until at least 1908.

This spur originally began in the former village of Weston as a road northwest to what would later become Brampton, Ontario.

West of Highway 427, Rexdale Boulevard becomes Derry Road and enters the city of Mississauga.

[5] Chaplin Crescent from Roselawn Avenue to Yonge Street is served by TTC route 14 Glencairn.

[6] Dawes Road is a spur of Victoria Park Avenue, and the original roadway through the Taylor-Massey Creek ravine.

The road is named for Clem Dawes, a farmer on Lot 2 Concession 2 of York Township and later hotel owner.

[8] In 1910, the property became the site of Toronto's first airplane flight, with French ace Count Jacques de Lesseps circling the city.

Vaughan Road's contour is the result of it being parallel to the buried Castle Frank Brook to the northeast.

Bathurst Street from Vaughan Road to St. Clair Avenue only has a northbound streetcar track.

Fairbank station on Line 5 Eglinton, which will open in 2025 with the rest of the first phase, is located a few metres from Vaughan Road's northwesternmost end.