Self-Storage Video Monitoring
in Richmond Hill
Storage operators in Richmond Hill deal with the same pattern as everywhere in York Region: someone walks the property during the day, notes which aisles a camera can't see, and comes back after close. Riowell monitors self-storage facilities in Richmond Hill with guards watching the gate, fence line and drive aisles live, so a visit outside access hours is challenged while it is happening rather than found by a tenant next week.
A self-storage facility is open to hundreds of tenants and closed to everyone else, often by nothing more than a keypad and a fence. Break-ins are rarely discovered the night they happen: a tenant visits days later, finds a cut lock and asks what your cameras saw. Riowell guards watch the gate, the fence line and the drive aisles live during the hours you choose, so a person climbing the back fence at 2 a.m. is seen while they are still on the property.
What the York Regional Police figures say
In 2025 Statistics Canada recorded 2,212 break-and-enters in the York Regional Police area, all property types combined: 170.29 per 100,000 people, a change of −7.35% on the year before.
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0180-01 (2025)York Regional Police require alarm verification and charge $240 plus HST for a false alarm. A guard who has watched the event on camera is a verified call.
Source: Police alarm-response policies, summarised in our verified-response notes
On self-storage facilities, the zones that matter
The gate after access hours
Anyone on the keypad or walking through behind a car once the facility closes to tenants.
The fence line
The back and side fences, where people come in when the gate is watched.
Drive aisles and unit rows
Movement between outdoor drive-up units, and a vehicle that stops where no tenant has a reason to be.
The office and kiosk
Doors and windows on the office, where cash, records and the gate controller sit.
The recorder stays on your site and keeps recording if the internet drops, and every event a guard logs becomes a clip with its time and camera. When a tenant reports a problem, you have the record, and you see the same cameras and clips in your own app.
Written with you before monitoring starts
- Access hours from your gate system, so tenants inside the hours are not flagged.
- Which aisles and fence sections count as restricted after close.
- Who is called first: the manager on call, then police when a person is seen breaking in.
Survey, install, then monitoring
- 01
Site survey
We walk your property, ideally once after dark, and look at each camera as a live view rather than a recording: what a guard could actually see and act on. We check the site's internet connection and where people really get in.
- 02
Install
Our own technicians install or adjust cameras where a view can't be acted on, fit the recorder that keeps recording on site, and set up your app. Where your existing cameras are up to it, we use them.
- 03
Monitoring starts
Your site, camera map and protocol go to the guards, and monitoring starts. We review the first week of events with you and tune the zones so your phone rings for things that matter.
Sites we survey in Richmond Hill and York Region
- Richmond Hill Centre
- Bayview Hill
- Oak Ridges
- Langstaff
- Jefferson
- Crosby
- Mill Pond
- North Leslie
- Yonge Street corridor
- Headford Business Park
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Frequently Asked Questions
Put a guard on your cameras in Richmond Hill.
Tell us about your site. We book a survey, tell you camera by camera what a guard can act on, and quote the monthly service in writing.
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