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Renting in Dundas

Dundas is a 25.5 km² area of Hamilton, home to about 22,936 people at the 2021 Census. It is a mostly owner-occupied area: 21.9% of households rented their home, and 24.8% of homes are apartments. Inside the boundary: 7 schools, 8 licensed child care facilities, 49 parks, 96 transit stops.

25.5 km²22,936 residents (2021)7 schools96 transit stops

The boundary this page uses

Dundas is one of Hamilton's pre-amalgamation communities; this page uses the City of Hamilton's own boundary for it.

Everything counted below — schools, licensed child care, parks, transit stops — is counted inside that boundary, so the figures describe Dundas 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 41 Statistics Canada dissemination areas whose centre falls inside the boundary. Rates are population-weighted; counts are summed.

22,936
Residents (2021)
21.9%
Households that rent
77.7% own
24.8%
Homes that are apartments
$109,363
Median household income
2020 income, 2021 Census
53.2%
Households with children
51.1
Median age
2.4
Average household size
Age profile
  • 0 - 4 years old865 · 3.8%
  • 5 - 9 years old995 · 4.3%
  • 10 - 19 years old2,265 · 9.9%
  • 20 - 34 years old3,440 · 15%
  • 35 - 49 years old3,590 · 15.7%
  • 50 - 54 years old1,510 · 6.6%
  • 55 - 64 years old3,665 · 16%
  • 65 - 69 years old1,715 · 7.5%
  • 70 - 79 years old2,735 · 11.9%
  • 80 - 84 years old875 · 3.8%
  • 85+ years old1,260 · 5.5%

How Dundas compares with Hamilton

21.9% of households in Dundas 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 Dundas 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

7 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.

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

Licensed child care

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

FacilityTypeProgrammes
Dundas Valley Montessori School14 KempChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Dundas Valley Co-Operative Preschool86 Cameron AvenueChild Care CentreHalf day(Less than 6 hours in a day)
St. James Co-Operative Nursery School Of Dundas Inc.137 Melville StreetChild Care CentreHalf day(Less than 6 hours in a day)
Today'S Family St.Augustine'S25 Alma StreetChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day), Before school, After school
Umbrella Family - Dundana23 Dundana AvenueChild Care CentreBefore school, After school
Umbrella Family - Dundas Central73 Melville StreetChild Care CentreBefore school, After school
Sir William Osler Ymca Child Care330 Governor'S RoadChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day), Before school, After school
Ymca Sacc - Yorkview86 Cameron 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.

49
Parks inside the boundary
100 hectares in total
96
HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops
15 routes serve them
6.5 km
Nearest GO station
West Harbour GO

Largest green spaces

  • Dundas Driving Park · 10.6 ha
  • Veterans Park · 6.8 ha
  • Dundas Valley Secondary · 6.5 ha
  • Olympic Sports Park 1 · 5 ha
  • Olympic Sports Park 2 · 5 ha
  • Valley Community Centre Park · 4 ha

Public facilities inside the boundary

Library
Dundas Library — 18 Ogilvie Street
Recreation
Dundas Community Pool — 35 Market Street South
Recreation
Dundas Senior Citizen’s Club — 10 Market Street South
Recreation
Dundas Lions Memorial Community Centre — 10 Market Street South

Routes serving stops inside Dundas: 05-Eastbound, 05-Westbound, 10-Eastbound, 10-Westbound, 52-Northbound, 52-Southbound, ROCKTON-Eastbound, ROCKTON-Westbound, TC-100-Pre-Game, TC-330-Pre-Game, TC-400-Pre-Game, TC-500-Pre-Game, TC-630-Pre-Game, TC-700-Pre-Game, TC-730-Pre-Game. 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 Dundas

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 Dundas?
At the 2021 Census, 21.9% of households in Dundas were renters and 24.8% of homes were apartments. Those figures come from the 41 Statistics Canada dissemination areas inside the municipal boundary, so they describe this area rather than Hamilton as a whole.
Which schools are in Dundas?
7 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary: Yorkview School, St. Augustine Catholic Elementary School, Dundas Central Public School, Dundana Public School, St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School, Dundas Valley Secondary School, and others listed on this page. 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 Dundas?
96 HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops are inside the boundary, on 15 routes, and West Harbour GO is about 6.5 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 Dundas have?
The municipality's parks layer records 49 parks inside the boundary, about 100 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.