Westdale, Hamilton

Renting Near Westdale Secondary School

Westdale Secondary School is a Public secondary school teaching 9 to 12 in Westdale, Hamilton, run by the Hamilton-Wentworth DSB. The Ministry of Education reports 1,525 students enrolled. Everything below is public data, with the source and year beside it.

Public secondary schoolGrades 9-12EnglishHamilton-Wentworth DSB

At a glance

1,525

Students enrolled

Ministry figure, 2024–2025

9-12

Grades

Secondary

Licensed child care within 2 km

Provincial licence register

2.6 km

Nearest GO station

Hamilton GO Centre, straight line

At 1,525 students it is larger than about 75% of Hamilton's secondary schools, whose median is 1,257.5. That is a Ministry headcount for one school year, not a class size.

School facts

Published by the Ontario Ministry of Education. Fields the Ministry does not publish for this school are shown as such rather than filled in.

Official name: Westdale Secondary School
School board: Hamilton-Wentworth DSB (opens Hamilton-Wentworth DSB in a new tab)
Type: Public secondary school
Grade range: 9-12
Language of instruction: English
Address: 700 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S1A5
Phone: 905-522-1387
Email: westdale@hwdsb.on.ca
School website: The address the Ministry publishes for this school no longer resolves. Try the board’s site above.
Ministry school number (BSID): 951820
Date opened: 01/09/1969

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2024–2025) and the Publicly Funded Schools contact list (August 2026). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Data last refreshed September 4, 2026.

EQAO results, 2024–2025

The percentage of students who met the provincial standard in each assessment this school reported, beside the same figure for Ontario. These are results for one school year — not a score, a rank or a prediction.

Assessment	This school	Ontario	3-year change
Grade 9 Mathematics	57%	58%	-1 pts
Grade 10 Literacy test (OSSLT)	88%	85%	+8 pts

Grade 9 · Mathematics

57%met the standard

Ontario: 58%

Grade 10 · Literacy test (OSSLT)

88%met the standard

Ontario: 85%

Beside comparable schools

The province mixes every board, setting and language system together. These medians cover schools sitting the same assessment in the same year, at the same level, in the same language system, so they compare like with like. The number of schools in each cohort is in brackets.

Assessment	This school	Hamilton-Wentworth DSB median	Hamilton median
Grade 9 Mathematics	57%	48% (13)	50.5% (20)
Grade 10 Literacy test (OSSLT)	88%	83% (13)	84% (20)

Each figure is a median, not an average, and each cohort counts only the schools that published a result for that exact assessment in 2024–2025. Cohorts of fewer than 10 schools are not shown, because a median over a handful of schools moves too much to mean anything.

How to read this

These are results for the Grade 9 mathematics assessment and the literacy test, which a student sits once. Both were reported for this school, for a single cohort in one year. Results are suppressed wherever a cohort is too small to report. This site publishes no ranking or composite score, and a position above or below a median is not a measure of how good a school is: EQAO reports the share of students meeting a standard in one year, and that share tracks the circumstances of the families a school draws from as much as anything the school does.

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2024–2025), which publishes the Education Quality and Accountability Office’s per-school results. Provincial figures from EQAO’s release of 3 December 2025. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Student population indicators

The Ministry publishes a small set of indicators alongside each school's profile. They describe the student body, not the neighbourhood, and are rounded by the Ministry.

Students whose first language is not English32%
Students new to Canada from a non-English-speaking country10%
Students receiving special education services20%
Students identified as gifted8%
School-aged children living in low-income households14%
Students whose parents have no degree, diploma or certificate5%

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

The neighbourhood around it

Westdale Secondary School sits inside Westdale, using the City of Hamilton's own boundary for that area.

Neighbourhood

Westdale

4,088 residents (2021)
45.1 % rent
5 schools
8 parks

Renting in Westdale →

Licensed child care nearby

13 licensed facilities within 2 km, closest first. A licence is not a vacancy — ask each operator about waiting lists.

Kids & Company Hamilton
0.3 km
Child Care Centre · English
701 Main Street, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Temple Playhouse Enrichment School
0.5 km
Child Care Centre · English
215 Cline Avenue, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day) · Before school · After school
Westdale Co-Operative Preschool
0.6 km
Child Care Centre · English
99 North Oval, Hamilton
Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day)
Orange Seeds Montessori Hamilton
0.8 km
Child Care Centre · English
1140 King Street, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Hamilton Hebrew Academy
0.8 km
Child Care Centre · English
60 Dow Avenue, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day)
Li'L Ninjas Childcare
1 km
Child Care Centre · English
407 Charlton Avenue, Hamilton
Half day(Less than 6 hours in a day) · Before school · After school
Wee Watch Enriched Home Child Care - Stoney Creek
1.3 km
Home Child Care Agency · English
60 King St W, Stoney Creek
Full 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
Boys And Girls Clubs Of Hamilton -Strathcona Site
1.4 km
Child Care Centre · English
10 Lamoreaux Street, Hamilton
Full Day(6 hours or more in a day) · Before school · After school

All 13 licensed facilities within 2 km

St. Joseph Before And After School Program — 270 Locke Street1.4 km
Lyonsgate Montessori School — 375 Aberdeen Avenue1.4 km
Little Learning House Child Care Centre - Locke Street — 86 Homewood Avenue1.5 km
Mother Goose Cooperative Preschool — 19 Pearl Street1.6 km
United Children Academy — 80 Queen Street North1.9 km

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.

Getting there

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.

Nearest GO station: Hamilton GO Centre — about 2.6 km in a straight line
Local transit: HSR (Hamilton Street Railway)
Transit stops in Westdale: 35 HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) stops inside the boundary

The 2.6 km to Hamilton GO Centre is a straight line from this school's Ministry-published coordinates — not a walking or driving time. Check the real trip at the times you travel.

Registering here

Renting near Westdale Secondary School does not assign a child to it: the attendance area belongs to Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, it changes, and placement depends on programme, grade and capacity. This school teaches 9-12, so confirm the grade you need is offered at the address you are considering. Before- and after-school care is run separately from the school day — the licensed facilities listed above are the operators to contact directly.

HWDSB — The English public board, and the largest school operator in Hamilton. (opens Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board in a new tab)

What to have ready, and how registration works in Hamilton: renting in Hamilton with children.

Other schools nearby

Straight-line distance from this school. Useful when you are weighing several addresses at once.

Common questions

Which board runs Westdale Secondary School?

Westdale Secondary School is Public secondary school operated by Hamilton-Wentworth DSB, teaching 9 to 12. Every detail on this page comes from the Ontario Ministry of Education's published school information for 2024–2025.

Does renting near Westdale Secondary School guarantee a place at the school?

No. Attendance areas are set by Hamilton-Wentworth DSB and can change, and placement also depends on programme, grade and capacity. Confirm the current attendance area for a specific address with the board before you sign a lease — this site does not publish attendance boundaries.

How big is Westdale Secondary School?

The Ministry reports 1,525 students for the 2024–2025 school year. Enrolment is published once a year, so it describes that year rather than today's register.

What do the EQAO results for Westdale Secondary School show?

EQAO publishes the percentage of students who met the provincial standard in each assessment. In 2024–2025, 57% met the standard in Grade 9 mathematics here, against 58% across Ontario. This page shows every assessment the school published results for. They are one year's snapshot, not a ranking.

Which neighbourhood is Westdale Secondary School in?

The school sits inside Westdale, where 45.1% of households rented at the 2021 Census. The neighbourhood page covers schools, licensed child care, parks and transit inside the municipality's own boundary for that area.

Is there licensed child care near Westdale Secondary School?

13 licensed child care facilities sit within 2 km of the school in the Ontario Ministry of Education's licensed child care register (31 July 2026 snapshot). A licence is not a vacancy — contact a centre directly about waiting lists.

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Where this page’s data comes from

School information and student demographics, 2024–2025 (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab) — Ontario Ministry of Education. 2024–2025 school year. Updated annual (the ministry lists the dataset as updated monthly; a new school year is added once a year). Retrieved September 4, 2026. Open Government Licence – Ontario (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab)Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Ontario public school contact information, August 2026 (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab) — Ontario Ministry of Education. August 2026. Updated monthly. Retrieved September 4, 2026. Open Government Licence – Ontario (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab)Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Licensed child care facilities in Ontario, July 2026 (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab) — Ontario Ministry of Education. 31 July 2026 snapshot. Updated monthly. Retrieved September 4, 2026. Open Government Licence – Ontario (opens Ontario Ministry of Education in a new tab)Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
City of Hamilton Open Data — Neighbourhoods (planning units), Parks, HSR Bus Stops, Libraries, Recreation and Community Centres, Addresses (opens City of Hamilton in a new tab) — City of Hamilton. Layers as published (edit dates recorded per layer in the raw manifest). Updated continuous; refetched on each data build. City of Hamilton Open Data Licence (opens City of Hamilton in a new tab)Contains public sector Data made available under the City of Hamilton's Open Data Licence

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