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Hamilton · 2026

Hamilton’s neighbourhoods on 14 lists

Schools is graded within Ontario alone, so its list stops at the border. Not one leader in Hamilton is first nationally. Here are 14 lists for Hamilton, with 105 neighbourhoods on them. Leeming leads the overall list with a grade of A−. Nobody leads more lists than Leeming, first on 4. Leeming finishes in the top three 6 times.

Each list ranks the neighbourhoods in Hamilton against one another; the letters compare every place with Canada’s towns. How grades work

Rankings

Every list for Hamilton’s neighbourhoods

Grouped by what they measure, each with its three best neighbourhoods.

Lists for all of Canada

Overall, and by size

Best places to live
  1. LeemingA−
  2. Sulphur SpringsA−
  3. Spring ValleyA−
All 105 →

Subject by subject

Most affordable
  1. OakesB−
  2. Fifty PointB−
  3. LeemingB−
All 105 →Safest
  1. LeemingB−
  2. Sulphur SpringsB−
  3. Spring ValleyB−
All 105 →Best schools
  1. ShaverA
  2. GarnerA
  3. LeemingA
All 105 →Healthiest
  1. CorktownB+
  2. North End EastB+
  3. BeasleyB+
All 105 →Jobs & income
  1. FreeltonA
  2. Spring ValleyA
  3. Sulphur SpringsA
All 105 →Most walkable
  1. Westdale SouthA+
  2. CorktownA+
  3. CentralA+
All 105 →Lowest hazard risk
  1. LeemingB+
  2. Sulphur SpringsB+
  3. Spring ValleyB+
All 105 →Civic life
  1. LeemingC+
  2. Sulphur SpringsC+
  3. Spring ValleyC+
All 105 →

Described: figures, no letters

Highest incomes
  1. Carlisle$148,000
  2. Sulphur Springs$146,000
  3. Oakes$142,900
All 105 →Most historic
  1. Beasley5
  2. Corktown3
  3. Battlefield3
All 105 →Most bilingual
  1. Kirkendall South19.7%
  2. Kirkendall North13.8%
  3. Westdale South12.4%
All 105 →Youngest
  1. Westdale South31.1 years
  2. Trinity33.4 years
  3. Lampman33.4 years
All 105 →Oldest
  1. Central Business Dis55.7 years
  2. Macassa53.2 years
  3. Battlefield53.1 years
All 105 →
City by city

Neighbourhood rankings in other cities

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Photos: Sulphur Springs, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Spring Valley, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Shaver, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Corktown, Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) (Public domain) · North End East, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Beasley, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Freelton, Laslovarga (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Westdale South, Dillan Payne (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Central, Rick Cordeiro (Public domain) · Carlisle, Laslovarga (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Battlefield, RichardBH from Hamilton, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Kirkendall North, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Central Business Dis, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).