Richmond Hill is a city in the Regional Municipality of York in south-central Ontario, Canada, part of the Greater Toronto Area, with a population of 202,022 recorded at the 2021 census, making it the third most populous municipality in Ontario and the twenty-seventh most populous in Canada. It sits between the cities of Markham and Vaughan, north of Thornhill and south of Aurora, and has seen significant population growth since the 1990s, becoming a city in 2019 after having been a town since 1957. Richmond Hill is home to the David Dunlap Observatory telescope, the largest in Canada.
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Area (sq km) Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation (m) Latitude43.871389 degrees north 2 Latitude43.871389 degrees north 2 Sources
1. Richmond Hill, Ontario (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, populationQuote, Infobox, population
202022 ([[List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population|27th]])
View the Source 2. Richmond Hill, Ontario (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 43.871389, longitude -79.437222
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 233 m
P2046 (area)
area 100.95 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 202022 (2021)
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