
The Ontario city of Richmond Hill is part of the bigger Greater Toronto Area. Located in Southern Ontario, the city sits in the central part of North York. The city of Richmond Hill is ranked 28th as the most heavily populated municipality within Canada, and is 3rd in the York Region. The city of Richmond Hill was once called the "Rose Capital of the World," it is known as one of the fastest growing community in the 1990's. It was likewise ranked 23rd richest city in North America and third in Canada by the Fraser Institute.
Richmond Hill is mainly composed of upper middle class to upper class people, like individuals who live within Heritage Estates and Bayview Hill. The years between 1990 and 2000 saw an upsurge of a stable and strong economic growth, and in those years, the city was able to win three provincial awards from the Economic Developers Council of Ontario. The bulk of the town's economy is mainly comprised of small companies. Some of the well-known businesses that have established their bases in the city of Richmond Hill are Acklands Grainger Inc., Apotex Inc., Compuwared, Levi Strauss, Lexmark, Science and Medicine Canada, and Mazda.