Why Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill is a great location to start and grow your business. The success of our businesses is just one of the reasons why we are known as The Smart Place for Business.

Here are a few more reasons why Richmond Hill has a lot to offer your new, growing or expanding business:

• A place for innovation. Richmond Hill is part of Canada's largest technology cluster, which benefits all of our businesses. Innovation is found in all of our sectors, from professional, scientific and technical services, to healthcare, finance and insurance, and information and cultural industries.
• Canada's most educated workforce.
• An ideal location with access to transit systems and close to major highways, ports and international airports.
• Working alongside award winning businesses. Both Richmond Hill and the companies that call our community home are award winning, having been recognized by local, national and international industry rankings.
• Competitive cost of doing business. Richmond Hill has low start-up costs, competitive business and residential tax rates and rates for business services as well as reasonable development costs.
• We make it simple for you. Economic Development staff are here to help you navigate through Town departments and provide personalized business services to help your business grow and thrive.
• A great place to live. Richmond Hill offers a multi-cultural community with a high-quality lifestyle. From green space to a world-class performing arts centre, Richmond Hill has it all.
• A strong, growing economy.
• Green initiatives that prepare our community for the future. Richmond Hill is committed to preserving our natural environment and encourages our businesses to embrace practices that have a positive effect on the environment and our community.
• A well run municipality. Strong leadership creates a strong community. Richmond Hill Council and staff are focused on creating a progressive and accountable government.

View testimonials from Richmond Hill based companies.

Did you know that Richmond Hill is an award-winning community?

Our most recent awards include:

• 2016 Gold Excellence Award from International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for Guide for New Businesses brochure
• Ranking Richmond Hill 4th amongst 50 Canadian cities in the Conference Board of Canada's City Magnets 2014 report. This report benchmarked features such as education, innovation, economy, society, health, environment and housing.
• 2014 Economic Developers Association of Canada (EDAC) Marketing Canada Award for Creative Industries Symposium
• 2014 MarCom Gold Award for new Film Location Resource Guide
• 2014 Award of Merit from Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO) for recognition of our MedEdge Summit
• 2014 Honourable Mention from EDCO for our Economic Development website
• 2013/2014 fDi Magazine North American Small City of the Future Award
• 2011/2012 fDi Magazine North American Small City of the Future Award

Contact the Economic Development team to learn more about how we can help your business.