At Richmond Hill Council’s last scheduled regular meeting before the municipal election, Council completed its Official Plan update, kept final approval over traffic calming, and addressed fireworks, disc golf and Bayards Lane parking.
Richmond Hill has told election candidates not to use removable magnetic campaign signs on vehicles. The notice follows Ward 2 candidate Sigmund Lee’s plan to use car magnets instead of conventional election signs, raising questions about how the City is interpreting its sign by-law.
Three Richmond Hill candidates describe the door knocking, digital campaigning, signs and simple persistence it takes to get noticed in a municipal election. By City…
Three nights, all six wards, and Richmond Hill’s city-wide races. The Richmond Hill Board of Trade is bringing candidates together for a three-evening debate series this October. We look at the schedule, and RHBOT’s history of hosting election events.
Richmond Hill voters will have fewer choices this election, and not equally so.
There are 33 candidates for Council, down from 44 in 2022, a 25% drop. Ward 3 has just 2 candidates, while Ward 5 has 8.
What explains such a huge difference, and what does it say about competition in Richmond Hill politics?
Read our analysis at StrongRH.ca.
Richmond Hill’s 2026 municipal election field will be locked in this afternoon, with several candidates joining races in just the final days of nominations. By…
As Ontario cities call for a new financial relationship with Queen’s Park, Richmond Hill’s own experience with housing, infrastructure and provincial funding is putting the issue close to home ahead of the 2026 municipal election.
BILD president Dave Wilkes is urging GTA voters to elect “pro-housing” municipal candidates. In Richmond Hill, the debate raises bigger questions about development charges, infrastructure costs, incremental housing and who ultimately pays for growth.
York Region is repairing a culvert beneath Major Mackenzie Drive East near Cedar Avenue and Lennox Avenue. The road will remain open, but drivers should expect lane restrictions while work continues into the fall.
Questionable political spending deserves serious scrutiny. But saying “all politicians are corrupt” replaces evidence and accountability with the belief that nothing can ever improve.
Richmond Hill Council voted 8–1 against matching York Region’s 40-year development-charge deferral for new rental buildings, after an extended debate over whether the incentive would unlock housing or leave taxpayers financing growth.
Richmond Hill’s 2026 Council races are beginning to fill up, but some seats remain quieter than others. Our Candidate Watch tracks who is running, where voters have choices, and why more residents should pay attention before the ballot is finalized.
Richmond Hill councillors supported growth in two locations, opposed it in another and spent much of the July 8 meeting debating whether the city is moving quickly—or thoughtfully—enough on pickleball.
A new municipal election roadmap from the Alliance for a Liveable Ontario offers voters a practical checklist for judging candidates: more homes in existing neighbourhoods, stronger protection for farmland and natural areas, and a bigger role for non-profit housing.
Richmond Hill’s 2026 municipal election campaign is underway, with new candidates signing up across ward and regional races. But while residents may not be fully tuned in yet, some candidate listings still do not include contact information, making it harder for voters to learn more.