Valley ParkHamilton

More households own their home in Valley Park than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 92%

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

15% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Flood mapping exists for Valley Park: 1 on record, latest by Hamilton Conservation Authority

NRCan expects $0.044 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Valley Park, near the typical $0.030. In Health Canada’s survey, 5% of homes tested in the town’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%.

The schools around Valley Park answer to 3 boards

The 22 with results split, 6 in the upper two fifths in Ontario and 9 in the lower. Over three years, results rose at 15 of its 22 tested schools. Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School is the biggest, at 2,115 students. Within 3 km of Valley Park are 20 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools, teaching 12,625 students.

53% of adults around Valley Park rate their health very good or excellent

13% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Across the region, life runs to 81.2 years on average: women 83.5, men 79.0, in 2022/2024. What sets Valley Park apart within its region is distance, and at 3.7 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Household incomes in Valley Park are higher than in 96% of Canadian towns

Getting to work takes 28 min on average.

Valley Park gets fewer frosts than 73% of Canadian towns

For the wettest month, look to July: 98 mm on average. Between the last spring frost, 1 May, and the first in autumn, 12 October, lie 164 days. A normal January night drops to −9.1°C, near Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Snow peaks in January: 44 cm in a normal year.

Children make up 17% of Valley Park, above Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. Visible minorities make up just over a fifth of the population, lower than Ontario’s towns (26%) yet higher than Canadian towns (15%).

Expect November days around 8°C in Valley Park, nights around freezing

About 9 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Then December: 2°C by day, −5°C at night. November normally sees 78 mm of precipitation. Also worth knowing: across the year, normals run from −9°C nights in February to 27°C afternoons in July.

Valley Park sends Ned Kuruc (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

71 of the 122 MPs from Ontario belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.

Hamilton Public Library - Valley Park Branch is Valley Park’s public library

The library figures on this page are Hamilton’s: Hamilton Public Library serves all 592,000 people of the city, Valley Park among them.

For safety, Valley Park gets a B−

The index for the force that serves it came to 66, about level with Canadian towns (67) and above Ontario’s towns (56). The violent index for its police area came to 86, above Ontario’s towns (76) and close to Canadian towns (86). Valley Park shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Hamilton service area.

Valley Park has 3 walking routes on the map

Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 1.4% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. Windermere Basin Park (39 ha) is the biggest, 7.1 km from town. Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 23 km. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Rouge National Urban Park, at 86 km.