Richmond Hill, part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has many large homes and spacious backyards.  It an amazing place to live.  Richmond Hill is close to Toronto and offers that suburb feeling many love.  Richmond Hill was incorporated in 1872 and was approved to Town status effective 1957.  In the early days Richmond Hill was known as the “Rose Growing Capitol of Canada”. Richmond hill has 167 parks, 6 city swimming pools, and many golf clubs, making it a great place to grow your family.  Richmond Hill has a beautiful topography.  It sits upon the picturesque Oak Ridges which has forest, and ancient kettle lakes.