Richmond Hill

city in Ontario, Canada
Organization lower_tier_municipality_of_ontario Q52998
Richmond Hill
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Summary

Richmond Hill is a lower-tier municipality of Ontario[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of lower tier municipality of ontario entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,168 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Regional Municipality of York[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Head of government: David West[5]
  • Instance of: city[6], big city[7]
  • Official language: English[8]
  • Shares border with: Aurora[9], King[10], Markham[11], Whitchurch–Stouffville[12], Vaughan[13]
  • Named after: The Lass of Richmond Hill[14]
  • Postal code: L4B, L4C, L4E, L4s[15]
  • Commons category: Richmond Hill, Ontario[16]
  • Local dialing code: 905, 289, 365, 742[17]
  • Inception: January 1, 1873[18]
  • Official website: http://www.richmondhill.ca/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Richmond Hill, Ontario[20]
  • Population: 185,541[21], 195,022[22], 202,022[23]
  • Official name: Richmond Hill[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Richmond Hill, Ontario[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Richmond Hill, Ontario[26]
  • Native label: Richmond Hill[27]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Richmond Hill, Ontario[28]
  • Different from: Richmond Hill[29]
  • Elevation above sea level: 233 m[30]
  • Area: 100.95 km²[31]
  • Number of viewers/listeners: 410,787[32]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Richmond Hill, Ontario[33]

Why It Matters

Richmond Hill has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . yorkregion.com. yorkregion.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . www12.statcan.gc.ca. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Canada 2021 Census. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 37
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'atj', 'be_x_old', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 21d ago · Frettie · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nl cr aut id → ge1308746
    Located in time zone → —
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  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Page banner → Town of Richmond Hill banner.JPG
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Richmond Hill, Ontario
    Gnd id → —
    Instance of → lower-tier municipality of Ontario, city, big city
    + 119 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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