Living in Richmond Hill

In Richmond Hill, tenants pay an average rent of €1,157 a month (2025) and unemployment is 13.1% (2021).

Foreign-born residents accounted for 62.4% of the population in 2021. Annual NO₂ was 8.82 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 3.63 µg/m³ in 2024. In May 2021, 37.1% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing.

Last checked 2026-10-1028 sources

Population202,022people1 Jan 2021Official source · Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Richmond Hill (Census subdivision 3519038)

Median gross salary4,031EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent1,157EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision

Unemployment rate13.1%country median 8.4% — 56% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population

Recorded crime4,296incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police

PM2.5, annual mean3.63µg/m³country median 3.6 — about the sameOfficial source · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.

Higher unemployment than 91% of Canadian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 69% of Canadian cities that publish it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Richmond Hill?

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€50

Mobile plan, 10 GB€24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	49.79 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Bell Fibe 500 home internet²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.27 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Public Mobile 50GB plan¹⁰Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	37.1 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population²⁰Official
Dwellings	72,017 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Main residence dwellings	69,314 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)	1,297 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	CMHC Urban Rental Market Survey — Average Rents in Urban Centres (CSD table), October 2023³Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,157 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision¹Official

Is Richmond Hill a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker29%strong on work, weak on safety · range 20–38%

Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–62%

Student32%strong on cost, weak on education · range 21–43%

Family41%strong on family, weak on education · range 30–52%

Retirement37%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 26–48%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 13.1% in May 2021.

What is the typical salary in Richmond Hill?

The median gross salary is about 4,031 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 4,031 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹⁴
Median gross salary (regional): 2,832 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca²³

What is the unemployment rate in Richmond Hill?

The unemployment rate is 13.1 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population²⁰

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Richmond Hill is 13.1%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Richmond Hill 13.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public employment offices	1 count	15 Sept 2026	Service Canada — Richmond Hill office list¹¹Official
Employment rate	54.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median gross salary	4,031 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,832 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca²³Official
Unemployment rate	13.1 %country median 8.4%	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population²⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Richmond Hill?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,801of €3,033 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€3,033
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31	− €1,157
Internet€50 · official · Bell Fibe 500 home internet · 2026-09-30	− €50
Mobile plan€24 · official · Public Mobile 50GB plan · 2026-09-30	− €24
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,801

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Public employment offices in Richmond Hill

Service Canada lists 1 public employment office in Richmond Hill (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

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Safety

How safe is Richmond Hill?

Police recorded about 4,296 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesRichmond Hill highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Gatineau3,756

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,296 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police⁴Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Workers commuting by bicycle	0.3 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population²⁰Official
Workers commuting by public transport	7.9 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population²⁰Official
Workers walking to work	2.6 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population²⁰Official
Destinations from nearest airport	147 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	YYZ	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	27.6 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Richmond Hill. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Richmond Hill?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.6 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 3.63 µg/m³ · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁶

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.53.6WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1014.4WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂8.8WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Richmond Hill is 3.6 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

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Richmond Hill 3.6

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	8.82 µg/m³country median 7.0	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 station DMean observation retained at source grain; no place value is asserted because the approved 25 km observation condition is not met.⁷Official
PM10 — annual mean	14.4 µg/m³country median 10.5	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁵Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	3.63 µg/m³country median 3.6 — about the same	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁶Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan -0.3 · Feb 0.6 · Mar 5.1 · Apr 11.6 · May 18.8 · Jun 24.2 · Jul 27 · Aug 26.1 · Sep 22 · Oct 14.6 · Nov 8.1 · Dec 2.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TORONTO CITY²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -6.7 · Feb -6 · Mar -1.8 · Apr 3.9 · May 10 · Jun 15.3 · Jul 18.1 · Aug 17.6 · Sep 13.8 · Oct 7.7 · Nov 2.3 · Dec -2.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TORONTO CITY²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.5 · Feb -2.7 · Mar 1.7 · Apr 7.8 · May 14.4 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 22.5 · Aug 21.9 · Sep 17.9 · Oct 11.2 · Nov 5.2 · Dec -0.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TORONTO CITY²²Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Canada: Chatham-Kent ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Ebetsu (Japan) ±0.8 °C, Warren (United States) ±0.9 °C, Grand Rapids (United States) ±1.3 °C, Cambridge (United States) ±1.3 °C, Syracuse (United States) ±1.3 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 101.1 km² in 2021. Population density was 2,004.4 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Richmond Hill?

The published population was 202,022 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Richmond Hill (Census subdivision 3519038)¹⁸

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 30,970 is not 58.2% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport84.7%
Foreign residents15.3%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	100.8 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
City area	101.1 km²	2021	Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021 (Richmond Hill, CSD 3519076)¹⁷Official
Foreign-resident share	58.16 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
Foreign residents	30,970 people	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign population total; it is not immigrant status.¹⁹Official
Population density	2,004 people/km²	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 6: population density per square kilometre at CSD grain. This is the exact CSD value; it is not a CMA or province observation.¹⁹Official
Population	202,022 people	1 Jan 2021	Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Richmond Hill (Census subdivision 3519038)¹⁸Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

132,324

160,669

189,013

217,358

211,49420012005200920152022

Population rose 53.0% between 2001 and 2022, from 138,188 to 211,494.

International community in Richmond Hill

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	116,855	100.0%
Asia	87,615	75.0%
China	27,905	23.9%
Iran	20,635	17.7%
Europe	18,160	15.5%
Hong Kong	13,180	11.3%
Americas	5,960	5.1%
Other places of birth in Asia	5,590	4.8%
Africa	4,975	4.3%
Korea, South	4,215	3.6%
India	4,070	3.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	3,320	2.8%
Russian Federation	3,310	2.8%
Philippines	3,265	2.8%
Other places of birth in Europe	2,770	2.4%
Other places of birth in Africa	2,420	2.1%
Ukraine	2,395	2.0%
Pakistan	1,795	1.5%
United Kingdom	1,590	1.4%
Other places of birth in Americas	1,400	1.2%
Egypt	1,365	1.2%
Romania	1,305	1.1%
Viet Nam	1,270	1.1%
United States of America	1,220	1.0%
Taiwan	1,165	1.0%
Jamaica	1,055	0.9%
Sri Lanka	1,055	0.9%
Iraq	965	0.8%
Afghanistan	930	0.8%
Greece	855	0.7%
Turkey	615	0.5%
Trinidad and Tobago	590	0.5%
Germany	585	0.5%
Poland	550	0.5%
Guyana	540	0.5%
Lebanon	450	0.4%
Portugal	435	0.4%
South Africa, Republic of	415	0.4%
Hungary	330	0.3%
Nigeria	330	0.3%
Colombia	300	0.3%
Bangladesh	280	0.2%
Brazil	265	0.2%
Peru	225	0.2%
Serbia	220	0.2%
Syria	210	0.2%
Mexico	205	0.2%
Somalia	165	0.1%
Oceania and other places of birth	140	0.1%
Morocco	135	0.1%
Croatia	130	0.1%
Netherlands	130	0.1%
El Salvador	125	0.1%
France	120	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	115	0.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	60	0.1%
Ethiopia	40	0.0%
Haiti	35	0.0%
Algeria	25	0.0%
Eritrea	10	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²¹

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	200,930	100.0%
Canadian citizens	169,955	84.6%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	136,280	67.8%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	33,675	16.8%
Not Canadian citizens	30,970	15.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²¹

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	201,040	100.0%
Single responses	184,550	91.8%
Official languages	103,980	51.7%
English	103,550	51.5%
Non-official languages	80,570	40.1%
Non-Indigenous languages	80,565	40.1%
Sino-Tibetan languages	39,150	19.5%
Chinese languages	39,135	19.5%
Indo-European languages	32,335	16.1%
Mandarin	20,860	10.4%
Indo-Iranian languages	20,785	10.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Iranian languages	17,990	8.9%
Persian languages	17,570	8.7%
Yue (Cantonese)	17,550	8.7%
Multiple responses	16,490	8.2%
English and non-official language(s)	15,605	7.8%
Iranian Persian	14,580	7.3%
Balto-Slavic languages	6,790	3.4%
Slavic languages	6,765	3.4%
Russian	5,905	2.9%
Italic (Romance) languages	3,540	1.8%
Korean	3,530	1.8%
Indo-Aryan languages	2,790	1.4%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.	2,240	1.1%
Afro-Asiatic languages	1,690	0.8%
Semitic languages	1,615	0.8%
Italian	1,295	0.6%
Arabic	1,260	0.6%
Spanish	1,260	0.6%
Austronesian languages	1,205	0.6%
Urdu	1,020	0.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	955	0.5%
Turkic languages	875	0.4%
Dravidian languages	825	0.4%
Dari	750	0.4%
Gujarati	690	0.3%
Turkish	665	0.3%
Romanian	660	0.3%
Tamil	605	0.3%
Greek	505	0.3%
Armenian	490	0.2%
Hindi	435	0.2%
French	430	0.2%
Multiple non-official languages	360	0.2%
Portuguese	325	0.2%
Kurdish	300	0.1%
Uralic languages	290	0.1%
Austro-Asiatic languages	290	0.1%
Hebrew	285	0.1%
English and French	280	0.1%
Vietnamese	275	0.1%
Hungarian	270	0.1%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	250	0.1%
Wu (Shanghainese)	230	0.1%
Serbo-Croatian	225	0.1%
Polish	215	0.1%
Punjabi (Panjabi)	210	0.1%
Ukrainian	205	0.1%
Azerbaijani	195	0.1%
English, French and non-official language(s)	190	0.1%
Serbian	175	0.1%
Bengali	145	0.1%
Kacchi	135	0.1%
Malayalam	130	0.1%
Macedonian	125	0.1%
Hakka	120	0.1%
Germanic languages	110	0.1%
Japanese	110	0.1%
Chinese, n.o.s.	100	0.0%
Albanian	100	0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	90	0.0%
Indonesian	85	0.0%
High German languages	75	0.0%
German	75	0.0%
Niger-Congo languages	75	0.0%
Ilocano	70	0.0%
Aramaic languages	65	0.0%
Telugu	60	0.0%
French and non-official language(s)	55	0.0%
Pashto	55	0.0%
Cushitic languages	50	0.0%
Somali	50	0.0%
Bulgarian	50	0.0%
Creole languages	45	0.0%
Georgian	45	0.0%
Sign languages	40	0.0%
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	40	0.0%
Tai-Kadai languages	35	0.0%
Cebuano	35	0.0%
Morisyen	35	0.0%
Swahili	30	0.0%
American Sign Language	30	0.0%
Kannada	30	0.0%
Parsi	30	0.0%
Lao	25	0.0%
Baltic languages	25	0.0%
Croatian	25	0.0%
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages	25	0.0%
Marathi	25	0.0%
Indo-European languages, n.i.e.	25	0.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages	20	0.0%
Coptic	20	0.0%
Hiligaynon	20	0.0%
Lithuanian	20	0.0%
Nepali	20	0.0%
Baluchi	20	0.0%
Akan (Twi)	20	0.0%
Yoruba	15	0.0%
Bisaya, n.o.s.	15	0.0%
Bosnian	15	0.0%
Afrikaans	15	0.0%
Iranian languages, n.i.e.	15	0.0%
Sign languages, n.i.e.	10	0.0%
Min Dong	10	0.0%
Tibetan	10	0.0%
Thai	10	0.0%
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	10	0.0%
Estonian	10	0.0%
Finnish	10	0.0%
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	10	0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)	10	0.0%
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	10	0.0%
Latvian	10	0.0%
Czech	10	0.0%
Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e.	10	0.0%
Slovak	10	0.0%
Mongolian	10	0.0%
Igbo	5	0.0%
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages	5	0.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Burmese	5	0.0%
Uzbek	5	0.0%
Amharic	5	0.0%
Aramaic, n.o.s.	5	0.0%
Tigrigna	5	0.0%
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Jamaican English Creole	5	0.0%
Creole, n.o.s.	5	0.0%
Belarusian	5	0.0%
Slovene (Slovenian)	5	0.0%
Swiss German	5	0.0%
Dutch	5	0.0%
Scandinavian languages	5	0.0%
Kashmiri	5	0.0%
Konkani	5	0.0%
Oriya languages	5	0.0%
Sindhi	5	0.0%
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	62.4 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population²⁰Official
Households	69,315 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Labour force participation rate	62.6 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median age	43.6 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Richmond Hill

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Oakville as a Richmond Hill alternative in the same region

51 km away, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Median gross pay, city: €4,956 Oakville vs €4,031 Richmond Hill+23%
Median gross pay, region: €3,486 Oakville vs €2,832 Richmond Hill+23%
Foreign residents: 41.2% Oakville vs 58.2% Richmond Hill−29%
Unemployment: 11.7% Oakville vs 13.1% Richmond Hill−11%
Nearest airport: 23.6 km Oakville vs 27.6 km Richmond Hill−14%
Annual PM2.5: 3.5 µg/m³ Oakville vs 3.6 µg/m³ Richmond Hill−4%
Residents: 213,759 Oakville vs 202,022 Richmond Hill+6%

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Richmond as a Richmond Hill alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, city cannot be compared like for like.

Nearest airport: 4.8 km Richmond vs 27.6 km Richmond Hill−83%
Median gross pay, city: €3,355 Richmond vs €4,031 Richmond Hillno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 2.4 µg/m³ Richmond vs 3.6 µg/m³ Richmond Hill−33%
Unemployment: 10.8% Richmond vs 13.1% Richmond Hill−18%
Foreign residents: 60.3% Richmond vs 58.2% Richmond Hill+4%

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Cities near Richmond Hill

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Aurora 14.5 km away

Salary: 4,357 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Markham 15.1 km away

Salary: 3,840 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Newmarket 21.0 km away

Salary: 3,867 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Pickering 24.9 km away

Salary: 4,003 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

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Burlington194,175 residents Oakville213,759 residents Richmond222,954 residents Regina226,404 residents Sherbrooke175,684 residents Oshawa175,383 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Richmond Hill?

The published population was 202,022 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Richmond Hill (Census subdivision 3519038).

Is the air quality good in Richmond Hill?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.6 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate..

How safe is Richmond Hill?

What is the typical salary in Richmond Hill?

The median gross salary is about 4,031 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in Richmond Hill?

The unemployment rate is 13.1 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population.

What is the typical salary around Richmond Hill?

The median gross salary is 2,832 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Richmond Hill a good place to live?

Richmond Hill may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Richmond Hill?

Aurora, Markham, Newmarket, Pickering are near Richmond Hill. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Asia live in Richmond Hill?

The official country of birth distribution records 87,615 people (75.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Richmond Hill, Canada: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a963b41cc67ffbfae0ef31ada444c9b4]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/richmond-hill/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_richmond-hill-canada-population-rent-salary-jobs_54d07c57fd7f,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Richmond Hill, Canada: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {a963b41cc67ffbfae0ef31ada444c9b4},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/richmond-hill/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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