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Terms of Reference: Archaeological Assessment
Published by City of Richmond Hill
This is the City of Richmond Hill’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Study
- Published by
- City of Richmond Hill
- Date
- December 2025
- Also called
- Archaeological Assessment Report
- Form reference
- Ontario Heritage Act
- For
- designer
- Signed by
- licensed archaeologist
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 2
- Agencies
- York Regional Police · Bereavement Authority of Ontario
Overview
The City of Richmond Hill Policy Planning Division's terms of reference for an archaeological assessment, last updated December 2025. It explains what archaeological resources are, who prepares an assessment (an archaeologist licensed under the Ontario Heritage Act) and why, and that assessments run in stages 1 to 4 under the Province's 2011 Standards and Guidelines for Consultant Archaeologists. It describes the steps it sets for finds or human remains during construction, then submission instructions and resources, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation's archaeology standards.
What it covers
- Who Should Prepare an Archaeological Assessment?
- Why Do We Need an Archaeological Assessment?
- What Are the Submission Instructions?
- Are There Other Resources?
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