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Richmond Hill
Moraine woodland and kettle lakes at the north end, the Yonge Street and Highway 7 corridors in the south, and long-settled family neighbourhoods in between — Richmond Hill is one of York Region's most established suburban cities.
Richmond Hill sits just north of Toronto, between Markham and Vaughan, and is York Region's third-largest municipality, with 202,022 residents in the 2021 census. It grew up along Yonge Street — once a stopping point on the way to Toronto's markets — and in the early 1900s it was known for its rose greenhouses. It officially became a city in 2019. The two ends of town feel quite different: lakes and forest in the north, stations and shopping corridors in the south, and quiet residential streets in between.
Overview
The north end of Richmond Hill sits on the Oak Ridges Moraine, a rolling landscape of woods, wetlands and small lakes. Lake Wilcox is the largest kettle lake on the moraine, with a waterfront park and boardwalk on its east shore; just west of the lake, the 175-hectare Oak Ridges Corridor Conservation Reserve, managed by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), protects forest and trails and is home to the endangered Jefferson salamander. Across the city there are 171 parks and 162 km of recreational trails, so green space is never far away.
Further south the land flattens out and the city gets busier. Near the middle of town, the David Dunlap Observatory — opened in 1935 and home to Canada's largest telescope — was transferred to the City in 2017 and designated a national historic site in 2019; today it is an astronomy park open to the public. The old village main street survives along Yonge Street, around Mill Pond Park and the heritage buildings nearby, while the Highway 7 corridor at the south end concentrates the stations, the bus terminal, offices and shopping. Population grew 3.6% between the 2016 and 2021 censuses — a steady pace for a mature city (see Chart C2).
Neighbourhoods
Bayview Hill
An established family community in the centre-south, with the city community centre and pool inside it, close to Bayview Avenue and 16th Avenue
Detached
Jefferson
A newer community in the northwest, right against the Oak Ridges Corridor Conservation Reserve and the Jefferson Forest woodland
Detached
Oak Ridges
The northernmost community, built around Lake Wilcox, with moraine forest and trails at its door
Detached, townhomes
Mill Pond
The old village core — Mill Pond Park and heritage buildings along the historic stretch of Yonge Street, with the Richmond Hill Heritage Centre nearby
Detached
Langstaff
The south-end transit hub: Langstaff GO Station and the Richmond Hill Centre bus terminal are both here
Condos, townhomes
Rouge Woods
In the southeast, where the Rouge River's headwater streams run through green corridors, with easy Highway 404 access
Detached, townhomes
Schools & transit
Schools.Publicly funded schools in Richmond Hill are run mainly by the York Region District School Board (YRDSB) and the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB). There are five public secondary schools — Alexander Mackenzie, Bayview, Langstaff, Richmond Green and Richmond Hill — and two Catholic secondary schools, St. Theresa of Lisieux and Our Lady Queen of the World. French-language schooling is available in town as well: the French public board, Conseil scolaire Viamonde, runs Académie de la Moraine elementary school and École secondaire Norval-Morrisseau, while the French Catholic board's secondary school for this area is in neighbouring Aurora and takes students from Richmond Hill. School catchments are set by the boards and change from time to time, so check any specific address with the board before you buy.
Getting around.Most commuters use the GO train on the Richmond Hill line, which has four stations in the city: Langstaff, Richmond Hill and Gormley, plus Bloomington at the north end, opened in 2021. Trains run at weekday peak times — about 52 minutes from Richmond Hill GO to Union Station in downtown Toronto, about 68 minutes from Bloomington — and GO bus route 61 covers the line outside peak hours; check the GO Transit schedule for exact times. York Region Transit (YRT) runs the local buses, and its Viva rapid transit routes follow Yonge Street and the Highway 7 corridor; the Richmond Hill Centre Terminal sits right beside Langstaff GO Station, which makes transfers simple. Drivers have two highways, the 404 along the east side and the 407 across the south.
Market data
September 2026 · updated monthly with the market report
The five main types total 172 sales, matching the citywide total of 172.
The month in one line: A buyer's market. Listings are still plentiful, with close to half a year's worth of inventory on hand, and the year-over-year price decline is among the deepest of the nine cities — buyers have real room to negotiate.
For the full monthly picture — sales-to-new-listings ratio, benchmark prices and the breakdown by home type — see the Richmond Hill section of the market report. See the market report