Riverdale EastHamilton

Renting in Riverdale East eats 23% of household income, more than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

73% of households own their home, close to both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a fifth of households, about level with Canadian towns (18%) and below Ontario’s towns (22%). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Hamilton metro area, with Riverdale East one part of it.

Hazards in Riverdale East: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 5% of tested homes

Source area for earthquake risk: the city of Hamilton

Shaking is about as much of a worry in Riverdale East as in most places, at $0.044 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Riverdale East on the national inventory.

Winters are mild in Riverdale East: January nights hold at −6.3°C, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

July is the wettest month, with 98 mm of rain and snow on average. A normal January brings 44 cm of snow, the most of any month. In July the thermometer climbs to 25.5°C by day, below Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and close to Canadian towns (25.5°C).

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

Shared with the rest of the City of Hamilton Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Riverdale East is well placed: 2.5 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.5 for women, 79.0 for men.

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Riverdale East trails that of 70% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 26 min, lower than Ontario’s towns (29 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min). Nine in ten commuters took the car to work at the census.

Immigrants make up 42% of Riverdale East, a higher share than in 87% of Canadian towns

Children under 15 make up 15%, below Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 22% of residents.

Expect November days around 8°C in Riverdale East, nights around 3°C

November usually brings some 9 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 78 mm of rain and snow. July brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −6°C. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Hamilton.

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, which takes in Riverdale East, is held by Ned Kuruc (Conservative Party of Canada)

Riverdale East sends one MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, though no open record we can reuse gives the name.

No public library stands in Riverdale East: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Saltfleet Branch, is 0.8 km away

Riverdale East is served by Hamilton public library, the library of all of Hamilton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 592,000 people.

Riverdale East’s 16 schools with results spread wide in Ontario, 6 in the top two fifths and 8 in the bottom two

Its elementary schools are big ones, 528 students on average, against 365 in Ontario. Over three years, results rose at 12 of its 16 tested schools. Boards running schools in the area: 2, below Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3) alike. No French-language school is among them; in Ontario, 10% of schools are.

Riverdale East’s grade for safety: a B−

The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover the Hamilton service area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 66 over 2023–25, above Ontario’s towns (56) and close to Canadian towns (67). The violent index for its police area came to 86, about level with Canadian towns (86) and above Ontario’s towns (76).

Walk from Riverdale East: 3 mapped routes

The nearest national park is Rouge National Urban Park, 80 km away. Swimmers have 8 beaches within 5 km, Crescent Beach the nearest. The largest is Windermere Basin Park: 39 ha, 3.8 km from the edge of town. 19 km from town is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park.