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Renting in Westdale

Westdale is a 2.0 km² area of Hamilton, home to about 4,088 people at the 2021 Census. It is a mixed owner and renter area: 45.1% of households rented their home, and 35.4% of homes are apartments. Inside the boundary: 5 schools, 4 licensed child care facilities, 8 parks, 35 transit stops.

2.0 km²4,088 residents (2021)5 schools35 transit stops

The boundary this page uses

The City of Hamilton divides Westdale into 2 planning units (Westdale North and Westdale 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 Westdale 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 8 Statistics Canada dissemination areas whose centre falls inside the boundary. Rates are population-weighted; counts are summed.

4,088
Residents (2021)
45.1%
Households that rent
55.3% own
35.4%
Homes that are apartments
$85,825
Median household income
2020 income, 2021 Census
58.7%
Households with children
34.2
Median age
2.4
Average household size
Age profile
  • 0 - 4 years old160 · 3.9%
  • 5 - 9 years old180 · 4.4%
  • 10 - 19 years old480 · 11.8%
  • 20 - 34 years old1,335 · 32.8%
  • 35 - 49 years old645 · 15.8%
  • 50 - 54 years old230 · 5.6%
  • 55 - 64 years old470 · 11.5%
  • 65 - 69 years old180 · 4.4%
  • 70 - 79 years old285 · 7%
  • 80 - 84 years old50 · 1.2%
  • 85+ years old60 · 1.5%

How Westdale compares with Hamilton

45.1% of households in Westdale 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 Westdale 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

5 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

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

FacilityTypeProgrammes
Orange Seeds Montessori Hamilton1140 King StreetChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Temple Playhouse Enrichment School215 Cline AvenueChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day), Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day), Before school, After school
Kids & Company Hamilton701 Main StreetChild Care CentreFull Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Westdale Co-Operative Preschool99 North OvalChild Care CentreHalf day(Less than 6 hours in a day)

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.

8
Parks inside the boundary
14.2 hectares in total
35
HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops
10 routes serve them
2.9 km
Nearest GO station
Hamilton GO Centre

Largest green spaces

  • Open Space Beside Coronation Arena · 4.8 ha
  • Westdale Secondary School · 4.6 ha
  • Coronation Park Pool Rink · 2.3 ha
  • Dalewood Elementary · 1.9 ha
  • Berklin Drive Ravine · 0.2 ha
  • Whitton · 0.2 ha

Public facilities inside the boundary

Library
Westdale Library — 955 King Street West
Recreation
Dalewood Recreation Centre — 1152 Main Street West

Routes serving stops inside Westdale: 01-Eastbound, 01-Westbound, 05-Eastbound, 05-Westbound, 06-Eastbound, 06-Westbound, 10-Eastbound, 10-Westbound, 51-Eastbound, 51-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 Westdale

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 Westdale?
At the 2021 Census, 45.1% of households in Westdale were renters and 35.4% of homes were apartments. Those figures come from the 8 Statistics Canada dissemination areas inside the municipal boundary, so they describe this area rather than Hamilton as a whole.
Which schools are in Westdale?
5 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary: Cootes Paradise Public School, Westdale Secondary School, École élémentaire Georges-P-Vanier, École secondaire Georges-P-Vanier, Dalewood Senior Public 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 Westdale?
35 HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops are inside the boundary, on 10 routes, and Hamilton GO Centre is about 2.9 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 Westdale have?
The municipality's parks layer records 8 parks inside the boundary, about 14.2 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.