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Renting in Kirkendall

Kirkendall is a 2.6 km² area of Hamilton, home to about 7,998 people at the 2021 Census. It is a mixed owner and renter area: 39.5% of households rented their home, and 42.2% of homes are apartments. Inside the boundary: 3 schools, 5 licensed child care facilities, 13 parks, 43 transit stops.

2.6 km²7,998 residents (2021)3 schools43 transit stops

The boundary this page uses

The City of Hamilton divides Kirkendall into 2 planning units (Kirkendall North and Kirkendall South). This page covers all of them.

Everything counted below — schools, licensed child care, parks, transit stops — is counted inside that boundary, so the figures describe Kirkendall 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 15 Statistics Canada dissemination areas whose centre falls inside the boundary. Rates are population-weighted; counts are summed.

7,998
Residents (2021)
39.5%
Households that rent
60.7% own
42.2%
Homes that are apartments
$102,207
Median household income
2020 income, 2021 Census
55.6%
Households with children
39.6
Median age
2.2
Average household size
Age profile
  • 0 - 4 years old415 · 5.2%
  • 5 - 9 years old430 · 5.4%
  • 10 - 19 years old755 · 9.4%
  • 20 - 34 years old1,875 · 23.4%
  • 35 - 49 years old1,700 · 21.2%
  • 50 - 54 years old515 · 6.4%
  • 55 - 64 years old1,020 · 12.7%
  • 65 - 69 years old445 · 5.6%
  • 70 - 79 years old575 · 7.2%
  • 80 - 84 years old130 · 1.6%
  • 85+ years old155 · 1.9%

How Kirkendall compares with Hamilton

39.5% of households in Kirkendall rented their home at the 2021 Census, against 34.3% across Hamilton. Renting is more common here than across the city, which usually means more rental stock and more turnover.

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

3 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

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

FacilityTypeProgrammes
Little Learning House Child Care Centre - Locke Street86 Homewood AvenueChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Wee Watch Enriched Home Child Care - Stoney Creek60 King St WHome Child Care AgencyFull Day(6 hours or more in a day), Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day), Extended hours(more than 12 hours), Flexible Hours(e.g. shifts, evenings), Before school, After school, Overnight, Weekend
Li'L Ninjas Childcare407 Charlton AvenueChild Care CentreHalf day(Less than 6 hours in a day), Before school, After school
St. Joseph Before And After School Program270 Locke StreetChild Care CentreBefore school, After school
Lyonsgate Montessori School375 Aberdeen AvenueChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day), Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day), Before 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.

13
Parks inside the boundary
25.4 hectares in total
43
HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops
11 routes serve them
1.8 km
Nearest GO station
Hamilton GO Centre

Largest green spaces

  • Escarpment Ward 1 · 14.2 ha
  • Highland Gardens Park · 3.5 ha
  • Hamilton Amateur Athletic Assoc. · 2.8 ha
  • Hill Street Park/lots · 1 ha
  • Ryerson Elementary · 0.9 ha
  • Chedoke Tot Lot · 0.6 ha

Public facilities inside the boundary

Library
Locke Library — 285 Locke Street South
Recreation
Kanétskare Recreation Centre — 251 Duke Street
Recreation
Soccer World — 104 Frid Street

Routes serving stops inside Kirkendall: 01-Eastbound, 05-Eastbound, 06-Eastbound, 06-Westbound, 07-Eastbound, 07-Westbound, 10-Eastbound, 34-Southbound, 51-Eastbound, ANCFAIR-Eastbound, ROCKTON-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 Kirkendall

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 Kirkendall?
At the 2021 Census, 39.5% of households in Kirkendall were renters and 42.2% of homes were apartments. Those figures come from the 15 Statistics Canada dissemination areas inside the municipal boundary, so they describe this area rather than Hamilton as a whole.
Which schools are in Kirkendall?
3 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary: Earl Kitchener Junior Public School, St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School, Kanétskare Elementary School Middle 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 Kirkendall?
43 HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops are inside the boundary, on 11 routes, and Hamilton GO Centre is about 1.8 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 Kirkendall have?
The municipality's parks layer records 13 parks inside the boundary, about 25.4 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.