Crown Point WestHamilton

Renting in Crown Point West eats 28% of household income, more than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

Home ownership covers nearly two thirds of households. The median home value was $452,000, lower than Ontario’s towns ($695,000) yet higher than Canadian towns ($406,000).

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Crown Point West trails that of 88% of Canadian towns

Workers spend 29 min getting to work, on average.

In Crown Point West, families choose among 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

Cathedral High School is the biggest, at 1,650 students. On results, 18 of its 29 tested schools sit in the lower two fifths in Ontario. Counting a 3 km margin, Crown Point West has 25 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools, for 15,650 students. Of the 30, 2 teach in French (10% of schools in Ontario).

Crown Point West’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 5% of area homes over the radon guideline

Earthquake risk for the city of Hamilton

Seismic risk in Crown Point West sits near the middle: $0.044 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

Winters are mild in Crown Point West: January nights hold at −6.3°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

July is the wettest month, with 98 mm of rain and snow on average. Snow totals 115 cm over the year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). January is the snowiest month, with 32 cm on average.

Around Crown Point West, 53% of adults call their health very good or excellent

Measured across the City of Hamilton Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

Measured from where Crown Point West’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.3 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. The region has more smokers than Ontario, 13% of adults to 11%. A baby born in the region can expect 81.2 years, 83.5 for a girl and 79.0 for a boy (2022/2024).

Few people in Crown Point West are 65 or over: 13%, below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 6% of residents, above Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Under 15: 17% of residents.

In Crown Point West, November normally means 8°C afternoons and 3°C nights

Snowfall in a normal November: 9 cm. In November, the normal is 78 mm of rain and snow. The year peaks in July (26°C) and bottoms out in January (−6°C). ECCC’s forecast for Hamilton is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Crown Point West’s MP is Aslam Rana (Liberal Party of Canada), for Hamilton Centre

Across Ontario, 71 of the 122 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

The nearest public library to Crown Point West is Hamilton Public Library - Kenilworth Branch, 1.2 km away

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

For safety, Crown Point West gets a B−

The index for the force that serves it came to 66, about level with Canadian towns (67) and above Ontario’s towns (56). The violent index for its police area came to 86, about level with Canadian towns (86) and above Ontario’s towns (76). Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Hamilton service area, with Crown Point West one part of it.

Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 17 km away, is the closest provincial park to Crown Point West

Within 5 km are 7 beaches; Hamilton Beach is the nearest. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Rouge National Urban Park, at 82 km. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 4.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The largest named area nearby is Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha, 2.7 km away.

85% of Crown Point West’s homes were built before 1961