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Located 447 km away from Parliament Hill, the drive takes about four hours by car. Major roads in the riding include Hwy. 7, the Hwy. 407 toll route, and Major Mackenzie Drive. Residents have access to York Region Transit and GO Train services to get around the riding and the surrounding area.
Bordered by Bathurst Street to the West, Highway 404 to the east, Elgin Mills Road West to the north and the 407 to the south, Richmond Hill also features the Don River East, German Mills Creek, Beaver Creek and the Rouge River running through the riding. It is also dotted with a number of municipal parks.
Les immigrants représentent près de 60 % de la population de la circonscription. La majorité d’entre eux sont nés en Chine, en Iran ou à Hong Kong.
Les langues maternelles non officielles les plus courantes du comté sont le cantonais, le persan et le mandarin.
Moins de 1 % de la population de la circonscription se déclare Autochtone.
Le revenu personnel moyen se situe à 46 664 $.
Residents of Richmond Hill have access to a number of community centres, athletic fields and galleries to enjoy. The Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts is also located in the riding and there are almost 150km of trails in Richmond Hill for residents to use.
Canadian author Farley Mowat and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne both grew up in Richmond Hill. A number of athletes, from figure skater Elvis Stojko to NHL star Connor McDavid, also grew up and began their careers here.
The industries that employ the most residents in the riding include retail, professional, scientific and technical services, finance and insurance, and healthcare and social assistance.
Almost 64% of the workforce has some sort of postsecondary education and in 2011 the unemployment rate in the riding was 7.5%.
The Town of Richmond Hill has an environmental strategy aimed at actively managing the environment for future generations. It focuses on air quality, water resources and land resources with sustainable energy and transportation plans, watershed management, wildlife and invasive species management and sustainable urban agriculture as some examples of policies being explored.
The area that would become present day Richmond Hill was used by indigenous peoples for centuries prior to European exploration and settlement. Once settlers began to inhabit the area in the late 1700s, the area began to be referred to as Miles Hill, after Abner and James Miles, who would be important in the development of local commerce. It was renamed in the 1820s to its present designation although there are conflicting explanations as to why Richmond Hill was chosen.
