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For cost of living, Gilkson gets a D

Just over one in ten households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Home ownership covers nearly four in five households.

Gilkson’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

Earthquake risk in Gilkson is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.044 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. No flood study for Gilkson is on the national inventory.

3 school boards share Gilkson

The 29 with results split, 10 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 10 in the lower. Over three years, results rose at 19 of its 29 tested schools. The largest is St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School, with 1,810 students. Of the 30, one teaches in French (10% of schools in Ontario).

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

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the City of Hamilton Health Unit

The region has more smokers than Ontario, 13% of adults to 11%. People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.5 for women and 79.0 for men in 2022/2024. Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.1 km from the average resident of Gilkson, about the norm of 3.7 km.

Households in Gilkson earn more than those in 81% of Canadian towns

A trip to work takes 28 min on average. Nearly nine in ten commuters drove, close to both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Gilkson gets less snow than 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year

Snow peaks in January: 32 cm in a normal year. Winter lows average −9.1°C in January, about level with Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and above Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 1 May, and the first in autumn, 12 October, lie 164 days. July is the wettest month, with 98 mm of rain and snow on average.

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

Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.6% of residents, near Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and lower than Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

Expect about 78 mm of rain and snow over November. A typical November adds 9 cm of snow. By December, a normal day reaches 2°C and a night falls to −5°C. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −9°C in February.

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

Gilkson sends one MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, though no open record we can reuse gives the name.

The nearest public library to Gilkson is Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch, 2.4 km away

The library figures on this page are Hamilton’s: Hamilton public library serves all 592,000 people of the city, Gilkson among them.

For safety, Gilkson gets a B−

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 66 over 2023–25, above Ontario’s towns (56) and close to Canadian towns (67). The violent index for its police area came to 86, about level with Canadian towns (86) and above Ontario’s towns (76).

From Gilkson, Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (23 km)

The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 7.1%, above both Ontario’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). The nearest national park is Rouge National Urban Park, 89 km away. The 10 km around town hold 16 protected areas.