MountviewHamilton

Fewer households own their home in Mountview than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 67%

20% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than Ontario’s towns (22%) yet higher than Canadian towns (18%). Mountview 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.

In Mountview, families choose among 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

The largest is St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School, with 1,810 students. Results have climbed at 26 of 37 schools over three years. The 37 with results split, 14 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 12 in the lower. Schooling in French is on offer at 3 of 41; in Ontario, one in ten schools teach in it.

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

For earthquakes Mountview 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.

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

Smoking takes in 13% of adults, age-standardised, higher than both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.5 for women, 79.0 for men. Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.2 km from the average resident of Mountview, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the City of Hamilton Health Unit, Mountview included.

Households in Mountview earn more than those in 77% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 26 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and below Ontario’s towns (29 min). The car took 89% of commuters, near both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Mountview gets less snow than four in five Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year

Summer highs average 26.6°C in July, close to Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and above Canadian towns (25.5°C). Snow peaks in January: 32 cm in a normal year. Winter lows in Mountview average −9.1°C in January. Between the last spring frost, 1 May, and the first in autumn, 12 October, lie 164 days.

Who lives in Mountview: a median age of 46.4, 2,860 households

Visible minorities make up 26% of the population, about level with Ontario’s towns (26%) and above Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.6% of residents, close to Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and below Canadian towns (2.8%).

In Mountview, November normally means 8°C afternoons and freezing nights

A normal November brings 78 mm of rain and snow. Then December: 2°C by day, −5°C at night. About 9 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −9°C in February.

Mountview’s MP is John-Paul Danko (Liberal Party of Canada), for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Mountview 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.

Mountview has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch, 2.8 km away

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

For safety, Mountview gets a B−

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Hamilton service area

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

From Mountview, Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (21 km)

7% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The nearest national park is Rouge National Urban Park, 87 km away. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.