TemplemeadHamilton

Measured against local pay, Templemead costs more to live in than 82% of Canadian towns

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

Rent took 19% of household income, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Households that own their home make up 73%.

Templemead is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Hamilton Conservation Authority

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

In Health Canada’s survey, 5% of homes tested in Templemead’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Earthquake risk locally 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.

Templemead’s schools come under 3 different boards

Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 25; in Ontario, 10% of schools teach in it. Over three years, results rose at 17 of its 23 tested schools. Also worth knowing: the largest is Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School, with 2,115 students. Within 3 km of Templemead are 20 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools, teaching 12,965 students.

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

A child born in the region can expect 81.2 years, lower than Ontario’s towns (82.8) and near Canadian towns (81.5). The region has more smokers than Ontario, 13% of adults to 11%. Closer to home, a hospital is 4.9 km from the average resident of Templemead, further than the usual 3.7 km. Templemead doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the City of Hamilton Health Unit.

Households in Templemead have higher incomes than those in 90% of Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 27 min. The car took 88% of commuters, about level with both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Ice rarely forms: Templemead sees fewer frosts than 73% of Canadian towns

A normal July brings 98 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. January nights fall to −9.1°C on average, near Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 1 May, and the first in autumn, 12 October, lie 164 days. Snow peaks in January: 44 cm in a normal year.

Visible minorities make up more of Templemead than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 36%

1.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

By December, a normal day reaches 2°C and a night falls to −5°C. About 9 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 78 mm. Across the year, normals run from −9°C nights in February to 27°C afternoons in July.

One councillor per 40,030 residents: Hamilton is more thinly represented than 99% of Ontario municipalities

Hamilton Mountain is the riding Templemead votes in for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and its MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) isn’t named here because no open list records the members.

Templemead has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Turner Park Branch, 2.6 km away

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

Templemead is graded a B− for safety

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Hamilton service area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 66 over 2023–25, higher than Ontario’s towns (56) and near Canadian towns (67). 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 Templemead is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 24 km away

2 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Chippawa Trail (hiking) and Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section side trails. Rouge National Urban Park is the closest national park, 88 km from town. 15 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. The largest named area nearby is Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha, 8.7 km away.