Growing a livable, sustainable community

In 2025, we made our community greener, safer and more livable.

• We expanded the Traffic Safety and Operations Strategy to ease traffic and enhance safety across the community, including initiatives such as installing pedestrian cross-overs and new signalized intersections. 
• We worked with residents and businesses to plant almost 9,000 trees through our Community Stewardship Program.
• We fixed and upgraded 1000 metres of roads, 850 metres of storm sewers and 1000 metres of watermains.
• We completed Richmond Hill’s first Comprehensive Zoning By-law to set modern development standards.

Focusing on People

We’re always focusing on what matters most to the people of Richmond Hill, and 2025 was no different!

• We delivered 9,800 recreation programs with more than 64,000 participants.

• We trained 173 firefighters to NFPA standards and provided over 18,000 hours of specialized training to keep our community safe.
• We’ve opened a new community gathering space at the Cultural Centre (left) in the historic Old Post Office building. 
• We partnered with Miskwaadesi Studio to build Indigenous medicine gardens at five locations across the city, and with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation to create Ojibway waterway signage.

Strengthening our Foundations

Our strong foundations are what allow us to achieve so much, and last year we worked hard to strengthen them further.

• We approved over $1 billion in building permits for close to 1,300 projects, from homes to businesses to industrial buildings.
• We completed the City’s new Responsible Pet Ownership and Animal Regulation By-law.

• Access Richmond Hill, our contact centre, helped our community by answering 117,804 of your inquiries, 3,000 more than in 2024.
• We updated the Corporate Asset Management Plan to make sure Richmond Hill’s facilities and infrastructure grow alongside our community.

Building a Stronger Richmond Hill Together

Richmond Hill is built on innovation, diversity and resilience. Embodied with this spirit, we continue to make our City the best it can be. 

• We’re building the Dave Barrow Civic Square Park (left), a welcoming space for our community to gather. 

• We’re building a pedestrian bridge (right) near the David Dunlap Observatory that will improve connectivity and accessibility for residents.
• We’re creating an Affordable Housing Concierge Program to help build more homes for more people.
• We’re working to make the Yonge North Subway Extension to the Richmond Hill Centre a reality, creating more jobs, more businesses, more housing and more opportunities for our growing community.