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Home ownership in Rolston, 56%, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

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

Rent took 25% of household income, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Working-age people in Rolston are less likely to have a job than in 92% of Canadian towns

Driving is how 86% of commuters got to work at the census. Commutes averaged 27 min, below Ontario’s towns (29 min) and close to Canadian towns (26 min).

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

Shared with the rest of the city of Hamilton: earthquake risk

For earthquakes Rolston 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 Rolston, 53% of adults call their health very good or excellent

Smoking is commoner than in the province: 13% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. Women in the region live to 83.5 and men to 79.0, 81.2 years taken together (2022/2024). Measured from where Rolston’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.9 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.

Less snow falls on Rolston than on 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year

A normal January night drops to −9.1°C, about level with Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and above Canadian towns (−13.5°C). January is the snowiest month, with 32 cm on average. Frost usually lifts by 1 May and returns around 12 October: 164 days without it. Rain and snow peak in July, at 98 mm.

The schools around Rolston answer to 3 boards

Over three years, results rose at 29 of its 39 tested schools. On the tests, 10 of 39 schools land above the middle in Ontario, 18 under it. The largest is St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School, with 1,810 students. Within 3 km of Rolston are 36 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools, teaching 20,670 students.

Visible minorities make up more of Rolston than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 37%

Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Ontario’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.8% of residents, above Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and close to Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around 8°C in Rolston, nights around freezing

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 2°C and lows near −5°C. In November, the normal is 78 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 9 cm of snow. Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −9°C in February.

Each seat on Hamilton’s council stands for 40,030 residents, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

Rolston is in Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), and the seat belongs to John-Paul Danko of the Liberal Party of Canada.

No public library stands in Rolston: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch, is 0.9 km away

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

Rolston earns a B− for safety

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, about level with Canadian towns (67) and above Ontario’s towns (56). The violent index for its police area came to 86, higher than Ontario’s towns (76) and near Canadian towns (86).

The nearest provincial park to Rolston is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 22 km away

One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km. Biggest among them: Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha, 9.0 km off. 6.5% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). A drive of 87 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park.