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Home ownership in Lawfield, 58%, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

22% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, near Ontario’s towns (22%) and higher than Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 26% of the median household income, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

Working-age people in Lawfield are less likely to have a job than in 87% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 27 min, below Ontario’s towns (29 min) and close to Canadian towns (26 min). 89% of commuters drove, near both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Wildfire low, radon 5%: how Lawfield stands on hazards

For earthquakes Lawfield is middling, $0.044 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. The national flood inventory has no study of the town. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Hamilton, Lawfield included.

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

What sets Lawfield apart within its region is distance, and at 2.6 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. Across the region, life runs to 81.2 years on average: women 83.5, men 79.0, in 2022/2024.

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

On the tests, 5 of 44 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 23 under it. Over three years, results rose at 30 of its 44 tested schools. The largest is St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Secondary School, with 1,615 students. The 3 km around Lawfield counts 41 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools, 21,765 students between them.

Ice rarely forms: Lawfield sees fewer frosts than 73% of Canadian towns

In January the thermometer sinks to −9.1°C overnight, close to 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. January is the snowiest month, with 44 cm on average. July is the wettest month, with 98 mm of rain and snow on average.

Visible minorities make up more of Lawfield than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 29%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.1% of residents, above both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

Precipitation in November averages 78 mm. Then December: 2°C by day, −5°C at night. Snow is normal by November, about 9 cm over the month. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −9°C in February.

40,030 residents per council seat in Hamilton, a higher ratio than 99% of Ontario municipalities

Lawfield is part of Hamilton, which elected Andrea Horwath as mayor in October 2022.

Lawfield has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Sherwood Branch, 2.4 km away

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

Lawfield gets a B− for safety

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

The index for the force that serves it came to 66, about level with Canadian towns (67) and above Ontario’s towns (56). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 86, higher than Ontario’s towns (76) and near Canadian towns (86).

Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 21 km away, is the closest provincial park to Lawfield

Biggest among them: Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha, 7.1 km off. 4.2% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The closest of Canada’s national parks is Rouge National Urban Park, at 86 km. 19 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.