The city of Hamilton municipal data

Description

Also available through Scholars GeoPortal, this vector data resource provides topographic and planning information for the area encompassed by the City of Hamilton. This includes former cities of Hamilton, Flamborough, Dundas, Ancaster, Stoney Creek and Glanbrook. These 2006 - 2024 datasets were provided to the Geospatial Centre by the City of Hamilton. Updated datasets are available via the Open Hamilton website.

The library has the following coverages:

addresses
airport boundary
arenas
beaches
bikeways
bus stops
business improvement areas
building footprints
cemeteries
city boundaries
city play lots
city pools
college/ universities
conservation authorities
contours (1 metre)
digital terrain model (DTM) (10 metre and 20 metre)
Direction arrow
educational institutions
election poll boundaries
escarpment
fire hydrants
fire stations
golf courses
hospitals
lakes
land use (2016)
libraries
long term care facilities
major lake fill
municipal boundaries
municipal services
museums/ galleries
neighbourhood boundaries
neighbourhood speed reduction zones
parcels
parking lots

parks
places of worship
planning units
police stations
railways: bridge, line, tunnel
recreational community centres
Residential care (senior care facilities and retirement homes)
rivers
road access ramps
road intersections
roads and road features (i.e. ramps, bridges, tunnels, casings, centre line)
schools
settlements
sewer manhole/ node/ main
sewer flow arrows
sewer treatment plants
shorelines
sidewalks
trails
transit routes
transmission lines
tree inventory
ward boundaries
water hydrants, mains, nodes, valves
water mains
water reservoirs
water storage tanks
zoning

Spatial reference and data type

These data sets are available in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) co-ordinates; horizontal datum is North American Datum (NAD) 83. These data are stored as Esri shapefiles. Other data formats can be accommodated, as the Geospatial Centre has access to a number of conversion utilities.

Data access

To request this data, please fill out the Ask-Us form and include which layers (shapefiles) you are interested in obtaining. The dataset will be shared with you via OneDrive upon completion of the data release agreement form. You may also make an in-person appointment using the same form.

Use restrictions/licensing/copyright

These data are provided for personal use for academic, research, and/or teaching purposes. A data release agreement must be agreed to before these licensed data can be released. The City of Hamilton must be acknowledged on any derivative product, whether printed or electronic, including for example, a printed map, a raster or vector graphic, a web-based application, etc. Patrons are advised to fully respect the provisions of Canada's Copyright Act as well as terms and conditions imposed by the data provider.