Falkirk EastHamilton

Schools in Falkirk East: 3 boards, side by side

Results have climbed at 17 of 27 schools over three years. The 27 with results split, 9 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 9 in the lower. Of the 27, one teaches in French (10% of schools in Ontario). St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,810 students.

Falkirk East is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Hamilton

In Health Canada’s survey, 5% of homes tested in Falkirk East’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Falkirk East as in most places, at $0.044 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Rent takes less of local pay in Falkirk East than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 16% of household income

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

Nearly nine in ten households own their home. Shelter took 30% or more of income for one in ten households, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Household incomes in Falkirk East top those of 97% of Canadian towns

The car took just over nine in ten commuters, in line with Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). Getting to work takes 27 min on average.

Around Falkirk East, 53% of adults call their health very good or excellent

Women in the region live to 83.5 and men to 79.0, 81.2 years taken together (2022/2024). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. Measured from where Falkirk East’s residents live, a hospital is 4.0 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see.

Lighter winters: about 115 cm of snow a year in Falkirk East, less than in 81% of Canadian towns

Winter lows in Falkirk East average −9.1°C in January. Snow peaks in January: 32 cm in a normal year. Gardeners get 164 frost-free days, from 1 May to 12 October. July is the wettest month, with 98 mm of rain and snow on average.

Visible minorities make up more of Falkirk East than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 33%

17% of residents are 65 or over, below Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15.

What November brings in Falkirk East: freezing at night, 8°C by day

The month after, December, normally sees 2°C afternoons and −5°C nights. November normally sees 78 mm of precipitation. Expect around 9 cm of snow in November. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and February nights −9°C.

John-Paul Danko (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Falkirk East in Ottawa as MP for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Falkirk East is in Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, whose current MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) no open source we can use records yet.

Falkirk East has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch, 3.1 km away

Falkirk East is served by Hamilton public library, the library of all of Hamilton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 592,000 people.

Falkirk East earns 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). The violent index for its police area came to 86, about level with Canadian towns (86) and above Ontario’s towns (76). Falkirk East doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Hamilton service area.

The nearest provincial park to Falkirk East is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 24 km away

Protected areas cover 7% of the land within 10 km, above Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Rouge National Urban Park, at 90 km. 16 protected areas lie within 10 km.