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Home ownership in Kirkendall North, 49%, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 32% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took 25% of household income, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). Kirkendall North doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Hamilton metro area.

The car carries only 74% of commuters in Kirkendall North, fewer than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns

Workers spend 27 min getting to work, on average.

Hazards in Kirkendall North: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 5% of tested homes

Earthquake risk in Kirkendall North 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. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

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

A normal July brings 98 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Snow totals 115 cm over the year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm.

Around Kirkendall North, 53% of adults call their health very good or excellent

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

Life expectancy in the region is 81.2 years (83.5 for women, 79.0 for men, 2022/2024). At 13%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Ontario. Measured from where Kirkendall North’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.0 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.

4 school boards overlap in Kirkendall North, covering Ontario’s four systems

Of its 37 tested schools, 10 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 18 in the bottom two. The largest is Cathedral High School, with 1,650 students. Schooling in French is on offer at 3 of 42; in Ontario, one in ten schools teach in it. In or within 3 km of Kirkendall North: 34 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools, with 18,555 students.

Living alone is common in Kirkendall North: 43% of households

16% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%).

What November brings in Kirkendall North: 3°C at night, 8°C by day

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

Kirkendall North sends Aslam Rana (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Hamilton Centre

Hamilton Centre is the riding Kirkendall North 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.

Kirkendall North has one public library, Hamilton Public Library - Locke Branch

Kirkendall North is served by Hamilton Public Library, the library of all of Hamilton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 592,000 people.

Kirkendall North earns a B− for safety

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).

The nearest provincial park to Kirkendall North is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 19 km away

Windermere Basin Park (39 ha) is the biggest, 7.8 km from town. 7.2% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). 85 km separate the town from Rouge National Urban Park, its nearest national park. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

An older town: 72% of Kirkendall North’s homes predate 1961