Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a city with half a million inhabitants located in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is the 10th largest city in Canada.

Demographics

According to the mid-2001 census, the population estimates there were 662 401 people residing in Hamilton, located in the province of Ontario, of whom 48.8 per cent were male and 51.2 per cent were female. Children under five accounted for approximately 5.8 per cent of the resident population of Hamilton. This compares with 5.8 per cent in Ontario, and almost 5.6 per cent for Canada overall.

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Ontario - Canada

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In mid-2001, 14.2 per cent of the resident population in Hamilton were of retirement age (65 and over for males and females) compared with 13.2 per cent in Canada, therefore, the average age is 37.8 years of age comparing to 37.6 years of age for all of Canada.

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In the five years between 1996 and 2001, the population of Hamilton grew by 6.1 per cent, compared with an increase of 6.1 per cent for Ontario as a whole. Population density of Hamilton averaged 482.9 people per square kilometre, compared with an average of 12.6, for Ontario altogether.

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At the time of the census in May 2001, the resident population of the Hamilton city authority had 490 268 people, but had 662 401 when encompassing the Greater Hamilton Area compared with a resident population in the province of Ontario of 11,410,050 people.

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Census - Province - Ontario

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Racial Breakdown

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Throughout the city, historic Irish and British influences are evident especially among street, names, city sectors, and racial make-up. According to Statcan, over 1 in 3 Hamiltonians have British Isles origin. Ever since the 1800's and early 1900's, the city of Hamilton had massive increase in population mostly due to British and Irish settlers. However, large waves of other Europeans came in due to the world wars as well as economic prospects, in the burgeoning steel industry.

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Irish - British - Statcan - British Isles - Europeans

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Even though Hamilton is largely White, the ethnic communities are diverse and include descendants of original British and Irish settlers, as well as Italian, German, French, Polish, and eastern Europeans who settled during the city's early 20th-century industrial boom. Metropolitan has the largest concentration of Serbians in Ontario. The eastern side of the city contains a large Asian community and the area has in recent years has seen exponential growth due to immigration.

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British - Irish - Italian - German - French - Polish - Serbians - Ontario - Asian

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The fastest growing groups in the city is the Asian, mixed race, and Polish. Many immigrants from India and Pakistan are often settling, not in the city centre, but in suburban communities of Hamilton, like the community of Stoney Creek. The mixed race population is quickly groing because interracial marraiges especially between Whites, and Blacks are increasingly common.

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Asian - Mixed race - Polish - India - Pakistan - City centre - Stoney Creek - Whites - Blacks

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Religious Groups

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Christianity is the main religion in Hamilton. Protestantism is barely ahead of Catholicism and is expecting to decline, while Roman Catholicism grows. According to StatCan, 37.0% is Protestant, 35.4% Roman Catholic, 2.6% Christian Orthodox, which is growing at a very fast rate, and other Christian denominations number 2.3%. Non-Christian religions number very small percentages like Muslim: 1.9%, Buddhist: 0.7%, and Hindu: 0.4%. The number of those with no religion number 20.0%.

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Christianity - Protestantism - Catholicism - Roman Catholicism - StatCan - Protestant - Roman Catholic - Christian Orthodox - Muslim - Buddhist - Hindu

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Old Hamilton

The term "old city of Hamilton" is used throughout this article to describe the city before amalgamation in 2001, which then had 331,100 residents.

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Downtown began and remains around Gore Park and the intersection of King and James Streets. Central Hamilton extends from the base of the Mountain north to Barton Street, west to Chedoke Creek or Dundurn Street, and east to approximately Wentworth Street or Sherman Avenues. West Hamilton or the west end begins at Dundurn Street or Chedoke Creek. East Hamilton or the east end begins at approximately Ottawa Street or Kenilworth Avenue. North Hamilton or the north end begins at Barton Street or the CN tracks.

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As city limits expanded to include the Mountain, the retronym for the city below the Escarpment became the Lower City. The west Mountain starts at either Upper James Street or approximately Garth Street; the east Mountain starts at either Upper James or approximately Upper Wellington Street. The south Mountain begins at approximately Limeridge Road or the Lincoln M. Alexander Expressway.

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Retronym - Lincoln M. Alexander Expressway

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For other former municipalities of Hamilton-Wentworth Region, before amalgamation, please consult: City of Stoney Creek, Town of Dundas, Town of Flamborough, Town of Ancaster and Township of Glanbrook. They have all maintained their identies as neighbourhoods and municipal government wards in new Hamilton.

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City of Stoney Creek - Town of Dundas - Town of Flamborough - Town of Ancaster - Township of Glanbrook - Wards

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