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Rent takes more of local pay in Stinson than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 36% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 37% of households, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $600,000, lower than Ontario’s towns ($695,000) yet higher than Canadian towns ($406,000).

Trips to work from Stinson take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 31 min on average

20 of Stinson’s 33 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in Ontario

Results have climbed at 27 of 33 schools over three years. They come under 3 school boards. Cathedral High School is the biggest, at 1,650 students. Also worth knowing: 2 of the 37 teach in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario.

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

NRCan expects $0.044 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Stinson, near the typical $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Stinson on the national inventory. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Hamilton as a whole, not for Stinson alone.

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

Some 115 cm of snow falls in a typical year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in January, about 32 cm. For the wettest month, look to July: 98 mm on average.

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

13% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.2 years at birth, 83.5 for women and 79.0 for men. Measured from where Stinson’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 0.6 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the City of Hamilton Health Unit, with Stinson one part of it.

Children make up only 10% of Stinson, fewer than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Retirement age and beyond: 15% of residents are 65 or older.

Stinson in November: highs near 8°C, lows near 3°C

At the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −6°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 9 cm. November normally sees 78 mm of precipitation. ECCC’s forecast for Hamilton is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Stinson’s MP is Aslam Rana (Liberal Party of Canada), for Hamilton Centre

Stinson is in Hamilton Centre for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, whose current MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) no open source we can use records yet.

The nearest public library to Stinson is Hamilton Public Library - Concession Branch, 1 km away

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

For safety, Stinson gets a B−

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, higher than Ontario’s towns (76) and near Canadian towns (86). 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, Stinson included.

Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away, is the closest provincial park to Stinson

The Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section is the one mapped walking route close by. Windermere Basin Park (39 ha) is the biggest, 5.6 km from town. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 4.9% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. Rouge National Urban Park is the closest national park, 84 km from town.

Older housing stands out in Stinson: 67% predates 1961