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Renting in Fessenden

Fessenden is a 89 hectares area of Hamilton, home to about 3,551 people at the 2021 Census. It is a mostly owner-occupied area: 29.9% of households rented their home, and 14.7% of homes are apartments. Inside the boundary: 2 schools, 3 parks, 10 transit stops.

89 ha3,551 residents (2021)2 schools10 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 Fessenden 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 7 Statistics Canada dissemination areas whose centre falls inside the boundary. Rates are population-weighted; counts are summed.

3,551
Residents (2021)
29.9%
Households that rent
70.9% own
14.7%
Homes that are apartments
$90,268
Median household income
2020 income, 2021 Census
63.8%
Households with children
47.5
Median age
2.6
Average household size
Age profile
  • 0 - 4 years old150 · 4.2%
  • 5 - 9 years old175 · 4.9%
  • 10 - 19 years old370 · 10.4%
  • 20 - 34 years old630 · 17.7%
  • 35 - 49 years old570 · 16%
  • 50 - 54 years old215 · 6%
  • 55 - 64 years old440 · 12.3%
  • 65 - 69 years old250 · 7%
  • 70 - 79 years old405 · 11.4%
  • 80 - 84 years old125 · 3.5%
  • 85+ years old235 · 6.6%

How Fessenden compares with Hamilton

29.9% of households in Fessenden rented their home at the 2021 Census, against 34.3% across Hamilton — close to the city as a whole, so the mix of owners and renters here is unremarkable for Hamilton.

Both figures are the share of households that rent, from the 2021 Census. The Fessenden 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.

Parks, transit and public facilities

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

3
Parks inside the boundary
4.3 hectares in total
10
HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops
3 routes serve them
4.8 km
Nearest GO station
Hamilton GO Centre

Largest green spaces

  • Regina Mundi Elementary · 1.9 ha
  • Fonthill Park · 1.4 ha
  • Lions Gate Park · 1 ha

Public facilities inside the boundary

Recreation
Sir Allan MacNab Recreation Centre — 145 Magnolia Drive

Routes serving stops inside Fessenden: 33-Northbound, 34-Southbound, 41-Eastbound. 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 Fessenden

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 Fessenden?
At the 2021 Census, 29.9% of households in Fessenden were renters and 14.7% of homes were apartments. Those figures come from the 7 Statistics Canada dissemination areas inside the municipal boundary, so they describe this area rather than Hamilton as a whole.
Which schools are in Fessenden?
2 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary: Sir Allan MacNab Secondary School, Regina Mundi Catholic Elementary 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 Fessenden?
10 HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops are inside the boundary, on 3 routes, and Hamilton GO Centre is about 4.8 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 Fessenden have?
The municipality's parks layer records 3 parks inside the boundary, about 4.3 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.