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Renting in Buchanan

Buchanan is a 1.0 km² area of Hamilton, home to about 2,069 people at the 2021 Census. It is a mostly owner-occupied area: 19.6% of households rented their home, and 4.5% of homes are apartments. Inside the boundary: 2 schools, 3 licensed child care facilities, 5 parks, 13 transit stops.

1.0 km²2,069 residents (2021)2 schools13 transit stops

The boundary this page uses

Boundary and area name published by the City of Hamilton.

Everything counted below — schools, licensed child care, parks, transit stops — is counted inside that boundary, so the figures describe Buchanan rather than a radius around a point.

Contains public sector Data made available under the City of Hamilton's Open Data Licence. Layer retrieved August 2, 2026.

Who lives here

From the 4 Statistics Canada dissemination areas whose centre falls inside the boundary. Rates are population-weighted; counts are summed.

2,069
Residents (2021)
19.6%
Households that rent
80.3% own
4.5%
Homes that are apartments
$97,304
Median household income
2020 income, 2021 Census
59.1%
Households with children
40.3
Median age
2.6
Average household size
Age profile
  • 0 - 4 years old95 · 4.7%
  • 5 - 9 years old110 · 5.4%
  • 10 - 19 years old200 · 9.9%
  • 20 - 34 years old470 · 23.2%
  • 35 - 49 years old360 · 17.7%
  • 50 - 54 years old115 · 5.7%
  • 55 - 64 years old290 · 14.3%
  • 65 - 69 years old95 · 4.7%
  • 70 - 79 years old135 · 6.7%
  • 80 - 84 years old75 · 3.7%
  • 85+ years old85 · 4.2%

How Buchanan compares with Hamilton

19.6% of households in Buchanan rented their home at the 2021 Census, against 34.3% across Hamilton. Renting is less common here than across the city, so expect fewer listings and more of them from individual owners than from rental buildings.

Both figures are the share of households that rent, from the 2021 Census. The Buchanan figure is aggregated from the dissemination areas inside the boundary; the Hamilton figure is the city-wide count Statistics Canada publishes. Census figures describe 2021, and neighbourhoods change — treat them as context rather than as today’s market.

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021. Adapted under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. Sum (population, age bands) or population-weighted mean (rates, medians) of the 2021 dissemination areas whose centre lies inside the municipal boundary.

Schools

2 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary. Being inside an area is not the same as being assigned to it — attendance areas are set by the boards and must be checked per address.

Just outside the boundary

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2024–2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Licensed child care

3 licensed facilities are located inside the boundary. A licence is not a vacancy — contact operators directly about waiting lists and fees.

FacilityTypeProgrammes
Imagineer'S Early Learning Centre430 West 5Th StreetChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day), Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day), After school
Talented Tinkers89 Sanatorium RoadChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Umbrella Family At Buchanan Park30 Laurier AvenueChild Care CentreBefore school, After school

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, Licensed child care facilities in Ontario (31 July 2026 snapshot); locations matched to the City of Hamilton’s open address register. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Parks, transit and public facilities

Counted inside the boundary from the City of Hamilton's own open data.

5
Parks inside the boundary
5.9 hectares in total
13
HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops
3 routes serve them
2.8 km
Nearest GO station
Hamilton GO Centre

Largest green spaces

  • Buchanan Park · 2.7 ha
  • Buchanan Park Elementary School · 2.5 ha
  • Mohawk / Sanatorium Parkette · 0.6 ha
  • Tyne Place Park · 0.1 ha
  • Leadale Place Parkette

Public facilities inside the boundary

Library
Terryberry Library — 100 Mohawk Road West

Routes serving stops inside Buchanan: 33-Northbound, 35-Southbound, 41-Westbound. Stop counts say nothing about frequency — check the schedule for the trips you actually make.

Contains public sector Data made available under the City of Hamilton's Open Data Licence.

Renting in Buchanan

Hamilton is served by the HSR bus network, with the most frequent corridors running east–west across the lower city. Two GO stations sit in the city — Hamilton GO Centre downtown and West Harbour GO on the Lakeshore West line — and Aldershot GO just over the Burlington line is a common commuter station too. The escarpment limits north–south routes, so check the actual trip rather than the map distance.

Before you sign

Walk the block at the hour you would actually come home. Check what is included in the rent, how utilities are billed, what parking costs, and where the nearest stop for the trips you make daily is. Ontario’s standard lease and the Residential Tenancies Act apply here as everywhere in the province — the renter guide covers what to check.

Common questions

Do many people rent in Buchanan?
At the 2021 Census, 19.6% of households in Buchanan were renters and 4.5% of homes were apartments. Those figures come from the 4 Statistics Canada dissemination areas inside the municipal boundary, so they describe this area rather than Hamilton as a whole.
Which schools are in Buchanan?
2 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary: ÉÉC Monseigneur-de-Laval, Buchanan Park School. Being inside the area is not the same as being assigned to it — attendance areas are set by the school boards and must be checked per address.
How is transit in Buchanan?
13 HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops are inside the boundary, on 3 routes, and Hamilton GO Centre is about 2.8 km away in a straight line. Check the actual trip at the times you travel — stop counts say nothing about frequency.
What green space does Buchanan have?
The municipality's parks layer records 5 parks inside the boundary, about 5.9 hectares in total.

Nearby neighbourhoods

Straight-line distance between the centres of each municipal boundary.

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Where this page’s data comes from

Full method notes, refresh cadence and the list of data this site deliberately does not publish are on the data page.