Attraction · Vellore · Ontario

Vortex

Vortex is a suspended roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland. It stands inside Vellore’s neighbourhood outline. Our list has 11 more places within 15 km; first among them is Canada's Wonderland, at 100 m.

Photo: Vortex, Mathew Ingram (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Vellore

inside the neighbourhood outline

How well known

Top 12%

#577 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–27°C

In brief

Attraction in Vellore

Inside Vellore

Vortex stands within Vellore’s neighbourhood outline. Towns near it ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Month by month

The warmest afternoons in Vellore run May to September, at 19–27°C.

Jan-2° / -10°64 mm

Feb-1° / -10°51 mm

Mar5° / -5°52 mm

Apr12° / 1°79 mm

May19° / 7°80 mm

Jun25° / 13°87 mm

Jul27° / 16°85 mm

Aug26° / 15°72 mm

Sep22° / 10°83 mm

Oct14° / 4°71 mm

Nov7° / -1°77 mm

Dec2° / -6°63 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Vellore, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 16 km from Vellore (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Vellore’s full climate →

About

Vortex

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Vortex on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Attraction
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Vellore
Official site: canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Vortex

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

The map

Vortex on the map

The orange dot is Vortex; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Vellore, with 39,490 people, is the largest of the 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Vellore

39,490 people · 55 places to visit

2 · 600 m north of it

Peace Village

14,598 people · 55 places to visit

3 · 700 m northeast of it

Maple

20,122 people · 53 places to visit

4 · 700 m northwest of it

Purpleville

19,918 people · 56 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Vortex is	People	Places to visit
Vellore	It’s in town	39,490	55
Peace Village	600 m north of it	14,598	55
Maple	700 m northeast of it	20,122	53
Purpleville	700 m northwest of it	19,918	56
Edgeley	1.5 km southeast of it	7,016	63
Teston	2.4 km north of it	7,437	52
Dufferin Hill	2.4 km east of it	7,910	55
Hope	2.7 km north of it	6,997	55

Make a day of it

Pair Vortex with these

Choose from 11 places within 15 km, such as 7 attractions and a theme park.

Big drawTheme parkCanada's Wonderland100 m away · 3.2M visitors a year (2025)2

AttractionWonder Mountain's Guardian100 m away 3

AttractionThunder Run100 m away 4AttractionAttractionShockwave100 m away 5AttractionAttractionSoaring Timbers100 m away 6AttractionAttractionLumberjack100 m away 7AttractionAttractionKlockwerks100 m away 8AttractionAttractionJokey's Jalopies200 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Vortex

Where is Vortex?

Vortex is in Vellore in Ontario, and inside the town’s neighbourhood outline.

How well known is Vortex?

Going by Wikipedia and its sister sites, Vortex is #577 of the places we list in Canada.

When is the best time to visit Vortex?

The warm months in Vellore run May to September, with afternoons at 19–27°C on the 1991–2020 normals.

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

Vortex: Mathew Ingram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Canada's Wonderland: Mathew Ingram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wonder Mountain's Guardian: ElToroMillieniumForce, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thunder Run: Nicholas Moreau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).