Highway ValleyHamilton

More households own their home in Highway Valley than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 93%

A year’s rent came to 18% of the median household income, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. 12% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).

8 of Highway Valley’s 13 schools are Catholic, more than the 34% in Ontario

Boards running schools in the area: 2, below both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3). None of them teaches in French, though 10% of schools in Ontario do. St. John Henry Newman Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,640 students. Of its 13 tested schools, 7 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 4 in the bottom two.

Wildfire low, radon 5%: how Highway Valley stands on hazards

Seismic risk in Highway Valley 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 Highway Valley: January nights hold at −6.3°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Rain and snow peak in July, at 98 mm. A normal January brings 44 cm of snow, the most of any month. In July the thermometer climbs to 25.5°C by day, lower than Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and near Canadian towns (25.5°C).

Highway Valley gets a C+ for jobs & income

The average trip to work takes 28 min.

Around Highway Valley, 53% of adults call their health very good or excellent

At 13%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Ontario. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.2, with women at 83.5 and men at 79.0. For Highway Valley itself the measure is access: 4.2 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Highway Valley doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the City of Hamilton Health Unit.

Visible minorities make up less of Highway Valley than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 8.4%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 0.2% of residents, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

What November brings in Highway Valley: 3°C at night, 8°C by day

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Hamilton. November usually brings some 9 cm of snow. Expect about 78 mm of rain and snow over November. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −6°C.

Ned Kuruc (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Highway Valley in Ottawa as MP for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek is the riding Highway Valley votes in for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and its MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.

No public library stands in Highway Valley: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Saltfleet Branch, is 2.1 km away

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

Highway Valley gets a B− for safety

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Hamilton service area

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). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 86, above Ontario’s towns (76) and close to Canadian towns (86).

Highway Valley has 5 walking routes on the map

Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 20 km. Swimmers have 6 beaches within 5 km, Cherry Beach the nearest. For a national park, Rouge National Urban Park is 80 km away.