Richmond Hill · Yonge Street, south to north

Richmond Hill Security Services, from Highway 7 up to Oak Ridges

Secure 24 Seven provides licensed security guards, mobile patrols, alarm response, house watch and concierge security throughout Richmond Hill, Ontario. We cover the towers and transit hub at Highway 7 and Yonge, the offices of the Beaver Creek business park, the Yonge Street retail corridor and the estate streets and lake communities that climb onto the Oak Ridges Moraine — 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

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  3. Major Mackenzie
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  5. Oak Ridges Moraine
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Richmond Hill is not one kind of place. Its southern edge is all transit, towers and cranes; its middle is a long Yonge Street spine of plazas and older storefronts; its northern end sits on the Oak Ridges Moraine, among kettle lakes and conservation forest. The right security for you depends on where on that slope your property sits.

Southern gateway · Highway 7, the 407 & Yonge

Towers, a transit hub and a subway on the way

Richmond Hill Centre Terminal, beside the Yonge Street and Highway 7 interchange, is linked by a pedestrian bridge to Langstaff GO, and Metrolinx is extending Line 1 north to Richmond Hill with planned stations including Bridge and High Tech. Around that hub, condominium towers are rising and more are coming. That means construction hoarding to watch overnight, new lobbies that need a staffed desk from the first move-in, and parking garages shared by residents and commuters.

Leads here: Construction security · Concierge security · CCTV monitoring

East side · Leslie Street toward the 404

Beaver Creek business park & the Leslie offices

Richmond Hill’s municipal offices have stood on East Beaver Creek Road, near Leslie Street and Highway 7, since 1994, and the streets off West and East Beaver Creek Road hold a dense mix of offices, showrooms and small industrial units. Many tenants lock up by early evening, which leaves rows of glass storefronts and roll-up doors unattended until morning. A shared patrol route with GPS-logged door checks, plus immediate dispatch when an alarm trips, covers that gap without paying for a guard in every unit.

Leads here: Mobile patrol · Alarm response · Security guards

The spine · Yonge Street, Carrville to Major Mackenzie

Plazas, Hillcrest Mall and the old downtown

Much of Richmond Hill’s retail lines Yonge Street. Hillcrest Mall anchors Richvale at Carrville Road, strip plazas line both sides, and the historic downtown sits around Yonge and Major Mackenzie Drive. Our retail-security background comes from asset protection work, so plaza owners and store managers get guards who understand refund fraud, organized shoplifting and calm de-escalation — and who write it all up the same night.

Leads here: Retail security & loss prevention · Plaza guards

Estate streets · Bayview Hill, Mill Pond, Jefferson

Large homes that sit empty when owners travel

Bayview Hill’s large early-1990s homes north-east of Bayview and 16th Avenue, the heritage houses around Mill Pond and the newer streets of Jefferson near Gamble Road all share one exposure: long stretches when nobody is home. House watch visits check doors, windows, mail and signs of entry on a schedule you choose, and our alarm response puts a licensed guard at your door when your monitoring company calls instead of waiting on a neighbour.

Leads here: House watch · Alarm response

High ground · Oak Ridges & Lake Wilcox

Moraine country inside city limits

Oak Ridges sits entirely on the Oak Ridges Moraine, around Lake Wilcox — the largest of the area’s kettle lakes — with Bond Lake and Philips Lake nearby. Homes back onto conservation land and trail heads, and streets are darker and quieter than further south. One local detail shapes our plans: Richmond Hill has its own light-pollution rules, so floodlighting a property is not always the answer. We combine low-light camera placement with randomized patrol timing instead.

Leads here: Mobile patrol · House watch · CCTV & video monitoring

PSISAEvery guard holds an Ontario security licence and has completed the 40-hour basic course, including First Aid & CPR.

Post ordersWritten for your address before the first shift — entrances, contacts, escalation steps.

ReportsDigital shift and incident reports with photos, delivered to your inbox.

ResponseAlarm calls dispatched immediately; urgent guard placements in about 30–60 minutes, travel permitting.

Benchmarks

Richmond Hill questions, answered

Fixed reference points for planning — the questions property managers, owners and builders in Richmond Hill raise most often.

BM 1

We live near Mill Pond and travel for weeks at a time. What does house watch actually include?

A licensed guard visits on the days and times you choose, walks the exterior, checks doors, windows and gates, clears visible mail or flyers, and goes inside if you want interior checks for leaks or heating problems. Each visit produces a time-stamped report with photos, so you can see your home is fine from wherever you are.

BM 2

Can one patrol cover several units we lease in the Beaver Creek business park?

Yes — grouping nearby units on one route is usually the most cost-effective option. The patrol checks each door and loading area on varied timings overnight, and every stop is GPS-tracked so you can confirm it happened. Cost depends on the number of units and visits per night.

BM 3

Our tower site near Highway 7 and Yonge needs someone overnight. Can you start quickly?

For urgent coverage we can usually have a licensed guard on site in about 30 to 60 minutes, depending on travel. For a planned start we first do a free site assessment and set out gate procedures, delivery rules and patrol rounds in written post orders.

BM 4

Do you respond to alarms up in Oak Ridges, not just the southern end of the city?

Yes. Alarm calls anywhere in Richmond Hill, including Oak Ridges and the Lake Wilcox area, are dispatched as soon as we receive them. The responding guard checks the perimeter, confirms whether there are signs of entry and reports back to you and your monitoring company.

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Start at your address

Tell us where in Richmond Hill. We’ll plan the rest.

A free site security assessment, written post orders and a plan sized to your building — whether that is a single storefront on Yonge or a tower at Highway 7.

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