Parkview WestHamilton

Parkview West earns a D for cost of living

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Hamilton metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 22% of households, close to Ontario’s towns (22%) and above Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 79% of households.

Parkview West earns a C− for jobs & income

The car took 90% of commuters, about level with both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%). The commute to work averages 28 min.

A flood study covers Parkview West: 2 on the national inventory, the newest from Hamilton Conservation Authority

In Health Canada’s survey, 5% of homes tested in Parkview West’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Parkview West as in most places, at $0.044 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Parkview West has milder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −6.3°C

Some 115 cm of snow falls in a typical year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). January is the snowiest month, with 32 cm on average. Rain and snow peak in July, at 98 mm.

Parkview West earns a C+ for schools

Results have climbed at 23 of 28 schools over three years. In or within 3 km of Parkview West: 24 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools, with 16,440 students. One of the 29 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. St. John Henry Newman Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,640 students.

53% of adults around Parkview West rate their health very good or excellent

The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 81.2, with women at 83.5 and men at 79.0. At 13%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 11% for Ontario. Closer to home, a hospital sits 4.0 km from the average resident of Parkview West, about the norm of 3.7 km.

Children make up only 13% of Parkview West, fewer than in Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

17% of residents have reached 65. Visible minorities make up 15% of the population, about level with Canadian towns (15%) and below Ontario’s towns (26%).

Expect November days around 8°C in Parkview West, nights around 3°C

A typical November adds 9 cm of snow. November normally sees 78 mm of precipitation. Normal highs peak at 26°C in July; nights bottom out at −6°C in January. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Hamilton forecast.

Parkview West’s MP is Ned Kuruc (Conservative Party of Canada), for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

71 of the 122 MPs from Ontario belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.

Parkview West has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Parkdale Branch, 1.6 km away

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

Parkview West earns a B− for safety

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, about level with Canadian towns (86) and above Ontario’s towns (76). For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Hamilton service area, Parkview West included.

Parkview West has 14 beaches within 5 km

Rouge National Urban Park is the closest national park, 76 km from town. The closest provincial park is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 11 km from the edge of town. Some protected land is inside the neighbourhood: 2.7% of its area.

Parkview West keeps its older homes: 62% from before 1961

Inside the town there is 1 historic place, a top designation.