Numerous stables and other farms have been established on the 147.938 square kilometres (57.119 sq mi) of land area occupied by the township.

[8] The dominant species on the valley walls are Sugar Maple and Eastern Hemlock, which are strongly regenerative in the forest.

Immature stands of Manitoba Maple and Eastern White Cedar, poplars and American Elm can be found here, as can an extensive Hawthorn scrubland.

Ward 1 covers King City east of Keele Street, and includes the communities of Eversley, Snowball and Temperanceville.

The Township's council at the time opposed the installation of a sewage system in King City, and brought the issue to court.

Opponents stated that the health issues of the septic systems were embellished, and that the link would result in poorly controlled growth in the community, and hence urban sprawl.

Installation of the near $50 million project was funded through tax receipts, which included system linkage for public facilities such as municipal offices and the library.

Through traffic on King Road has become a concern in the past decade, as the number of heavy vehicles has increased significantly.

Notably, dump trucks serving new subdivision construction sites in nearby Oak Ridges use King Road to reach Highway 400.

[19] The work is located on land just south of the village, for which the township has received development proposals by its owner Great Gulf Group.

Both of these religions outnumber the remaining faiths in practice within King City, namely those who identify themselves as Christian Orthodox (1%), Muslim (0.5%), Jewish (0.5%), Hindu (0.5%), or Sikh (0.5%).

Leagues for girls and boys hockey, tennis, soccer, and baseball[21] exist, and a number of clubs provide other avenues for kids to enjoy and learn.

The Maple Community Centre, operated by the City of Vaughan, offers services and memberships to non-Vaughan residents.

Aurora and Richmond Hill also have facilities, both private and public, easily accessible to King City residents.

As a small town, King City doesn't have an infrastructure sufficient to support a diversified business community.

In the 1980s there was a proposal to build a 3,700 square metres (40,000 sq ft) mall at the northwest corner of King Road and Dufferin Street for 10 to 15 stores and commercial office space.

The project was approved by municipal council in March 2013, and will consist of 16 buildings totalling 151,056 square feet (14,033.6 m2) that will include a Coppa's Fresh Market supermarket, a gas station and drive-through convenience restaurant, and two banks.

GO Transit also provides weekday bus service from King City GO Station, with destinations as far south as Toronto, and as far north as Barrie.

Postal service is provided by Canada Post; King City's Forward Sortation Area is L7B.

In 1985, the Research Directorate of the Atmospheric Environment Service established the first Canadian Doppler weather radar in King City.

[29] These systems are used for predictive purposes, and the data collected is used for weather forecasts for the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe.

King City is the hometown of ice hockey players Jeff O'Neill, Curtis Joseph, Wendel Clark, Daniel Carcillo, Alex Pietrangelo, Rick Hampton, Davis Payne and Mario Ferraro.

Rasmus Lerdorf, inventor of the PHP programming language lived in King City during his childhood.