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Fewer households own their home in Berrisfield than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 64%

Shared with the rest of the Hamilton metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

A year’s rent came to 23% of the median household income, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Working-age people in Berrisfield have jobs less often than in 82% of Canadian towns

At the census, 86% of commuters went by car. The average trip to work took 27 min, lower than Ontario’s towns (29 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min).

Berrisfield is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Hamilton Conservation Authority

Shaking is about as much of a worry in Berrisfield as in most places, at $0.044 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Radon around Berrisfield is ordinary for Canada: 5% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical).

In Berrisfield, families choose among 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

The 32 with results split, 2 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 17 in the lower. Results have climbed at 21 of 32 schools over three years. The largest is St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Secondary School, with 1,615 students. Also worth knowing: 4 of the 35 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario.

Very good or excellent health for 53% of adults in Berrisfield’s health region

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the City of Hamilton Health Unit

At 13%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Ontario. Life expectancy in the region is 81.2 years (83.5 for women, 79.0 for men, 2022/2024). Measured from where Berrisfield’s residents live, a hospital is 3.0 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see.

Ice rarely forms: Berrisfield sees fewer frosts than 73% of Canadian towns

Gardeners get 164 frost-free days, from 1 May to 12 October. Winter lows in Berrisfield average −9.1°C in January. In July the thermometer climbs to 26.6°C by day, near Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and higher than Canadian towns (25.5°C). Snow peaks in January: 44 cm in a normal year.

A town of families: 17% of people in Berrisfield are under 15, more than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 27% of the population, near Ontario’s towns (26%) and higher than Canadian towns (15%). 2.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above Ontario’s towns (1.6%) but below Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 8°C in Berrisfield, nights around freezing

The month after, December, normally sees 2°C afternoons and −5°C nights. November usually brings some 9 cm of snow. A normal November brings 78 mm of rain and snow. The year peaks in July (27°C) and bottoms out in February (−9°C).

Each seat on Hamilton’s council stands for 40,030 residents, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

Lisa Hepfner (Liberal Party of Canada) is the MP for Hamilton Mountain, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Berrisfield.

Berrisfield has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Sherwood Branch, 2 km away

Hamilton public library serves the whole of Hamilton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 592,000 people, Berrisfield among them.

Berrisfield is graded a B− for safety

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 66 over 2023–25, about level with Canadian towns (67) and above Ontario’s towns (56). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 86, higher than Ontario’s towns (76) and near Canadian towns (86).

Berrisfield has 3 walking routes on the map

Count 19 protected areas within 10 km of town. Windermere Basin Park (39 ha) is the biggest, 6.7 km from town. For a provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park lies 21 km off. A drive of 86 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park.