Hamilton, ON
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| City of Hamilton | |||||
 Counter Clockwise from the Top: View of Downtown Hamilton from Sam Lawrence Park, Hamilton City Hall, Bayfront Park Harbour Front Trail, Historic Art Deco and Gothic Revival Pigott Building complex, Webster's Falls, Dundurn Castle
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| Nickname(s): "The Ambitious City", "The Electric City", "The Hammer", "Steeltown" | |||||
| Motto: Together Aspire – Together Achieve | |||||
 Location in the province of Ontario, Canada |
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| Coordinates: 43°15′N 79°52′W / 43.250°N 79.867°WCoordinates: 43°15′N 79°52′W / 43.250°N 79.867°W | |||||
| Country | Canada | ||||
| Province | Ontario | ||||
| Incorporated | June 9, 1846 | ||||
| Government | |||||
| • Mayor | Fred Eisenberger | ||||
| • City Council | Hamilton, Ontario City Council | ||||
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| Area | |||||
| • City (single-tier) | 1,138.11 km2 (439.43 sq mi) | ||||
| • Land | 1,117.11 km2 (431.32 sq mi) | ||||
| • Water | 21 km2 (8 sq mi) | ||||
| • Urban | 227.70 km2 (87.92 sq mi) | ||||
| • Metro | 1,371.76 km2 (529.64 sq mi) | ||||
| Highest elevation | 324 m (1,063 ft) | ||||
| Lowest elevation | 75 m (246 ft) | ||||
| Population (2016) | |||||
| • City (single-tier) | 536,917 (10th) | ||||
| • Density | 480.6/km2 (1,245/sq mi) | ||||
| • Metro | 721,053 (9th) | ||||
| • Demonym | Hamiltonian | ||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | ||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | ||||
| Postal code span | L0R, L8E to L8W, L9A to L9C, L9G to L9H, L9K | ||||
| Area code(s) | 226, 289, 519 and 905 | ||||
| Highways |
 Queen Elizabeth Way Highway 6 Highway 20 Highway 403
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| Website | www |
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Hamilton (/ˈhæməltən/; 2016 population 536,917; UA population 683,645; CMA population 747,545) is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe. On January 1, 2001, the new City of Hamilton was formed through the amalgamation of the former city and the other constituent lower-tier municipalities of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth with the upper-tier regional government. Residents of the old city are known as Hamiltonians. Since 1981, the metropolitan area has been listed as the ninth largest in Canada and the third largest in Ontario.
Hamilton is home to the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, the Bruce Trail, McMaster University and Mohawk College. McMaster University is ranked 4th in Canada and 94th in the world by Times Higher Education Rankings 2015-16 and has a well-known medical school. The Canadian Football Hall of Fame can be found downtown right beside Hamilton City Hall and across town to the east, the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats began playing at the new Tim Hortons Field in 2014, which was built as part of the 2015 Pan American Games.
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