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Poplar Park is a town of owners: 93% of households own their home, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

Source area for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Hamilton metro area

15% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to a fifth of the median household income, lower than Ontario’s towns (22%) and near Canadian towns (20%).

Poplar Park leans Catholic: 7 of its 12 schools, where in Ontario it is 34%

Schooling here is split between 2 boards, lower than both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3). Over three years, results rose at 8 of its 12 tested schools. No French-language school is among them; in Ontario, 10% of schools are. St. John Henry Newman Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,640 students.

Poplar Park’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 5% of area homes over the radon guideline

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Hamilton

Earthquake risk in Poplar Park 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 Poplar Park: January nights hold at −6.3°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

In July the thermometer climbs to 25.5°C by day, about level with Canadian towns (25.5°C) and below Ontario’s towns (26.7°C). A normal July brings 98 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. January is the snowiest month, with 44 cm on average.

Very good or excellent health for 53% of adults in Poplar Park’s health region

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the City of Hamilton Health Unit

Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. A baby born in the region can expect 81.2 years, 83.5 for a girl and 79.0 for a boy (2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Poplar Park live 3.9 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

Fewer of Poplar Park’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 0.3%

15% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than Ontario’s towns (26%) and near Canadian towns (15%).

In Poplar Park, November normally means 8°C afternoons and 3°C nights

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 78 mm. Expect around 9 cm of snow in November. July brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −6°C. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Hamilton.

Poplar Park sends Ned Kuruc (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

City council runs Poplar Park; in October 2022, Hamilton chose Andrea Horwath as mayor.

No public library stands in Poplar Park: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Saltfleet Branch, is 1.4 km away

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

Poplar Park earns a B− for safety

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).

Poplar Park earns a B− for jobs & income

The average trip to work took 26 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and below Ontario’s towns (29 min).

Beaches near Poplar Park: 7 within 5 km

The largest named area nearby is Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha, 5.3 km away. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section. 79 km separate the town from Rouge National Urban Park, its nearest national park. For a provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park lies 19 km off.