Do these figures describe a specific address in L8B?

No. L8B is a forward sortation area — the first three characters of a postal code — and every figure here describes the whole of it. That is the finest granularity Canadian open data supports; a full six-character postal code requires a licensed Canada Post file. Conditions on one street can differ from the area average.

Why is the crime figure for Hamilton, Ontario rather than for L8B?

Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada. Statistics Canada publishes it by police service, aggregated to metropolitan areas and provinces, which for L8B means Hamilton, Ontario. There is no municipal feed covering this area, so the regional figure is the finest available.

How current is this profile?

The census figures are from the 2021 Census. The other panels carry their own dates, shown beside each one, because they are published on different schedules — crime annually, CMHC rents each October, asking rents quarterly, and the air quality index live. Each figure is labelled with the vintage it came from rather than the date you are reading it.

Does this page rank or score L8B?

No. There is no score, no grade, no star rating and no ranking against other areas. Every figure is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are combined. The site describes places using published statistics; it does not draw conclusions about the people who live in them.

L8B

Ontario

L8B had a population of 25,778 in the 2021 Census in Hamilton. Its population density makes it a small-town or exurban area.

There were 9,053 private dwellings across 130 km².

Median household income was 56% higher than the national figure.

Median after-tax household income was 51% higher than the national figure.

The median age was 8% lower than the national figure.

The unemployment rate was 17% lower than the national figure.

The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was 62% lower than the national figure.

Average household size was 21% higher than the national figure.

The boundary of forward sortation area L8B covering 130 km², in Hamilton, Ontario. The outline marks the whole postal area; it is not a street-level boundary.

Population, 2021

25,778

Ontario · mostly Hamilton

Counts for L8B, 2021 Census. These describe this area and are deliberately not compared to a city or a country — a count of households is not comparable to a national total.
Private dwellings	9,053
Owner households	7,700
Renter households	1,225
Immigrants	5,050
Land area	130 km²

Selected 2021 Census figures for L8B, against its city, province and Canada. A blank comparison means the figure was not published for that geography.
Measure	L8B	Hamilton	Ontario	Canada
Median household income	$131,000	$91,000	$91,000	$84,000
Median after-tax income	$110,000	$80,000	$79,500	$73,000
Median age	38.4	41.6	41.6	41.6
Unemployment rate	8.6%	11.8%	12.2%	10.3%
Low income (LIM-AT)	4.2%	9.4%	10.1%	11.1%
Average household size	2.9	2.5	2.6	2.4

Median household income in L8B is 56% higher than the national figure.
Median after-tax income in L8B is 51% higher than the national figure.
Median age in L8B is 8% lower than the national figure.
Unemployment rate in L8B is 17% lower than the national figure.
Low income (LIM-AT) in L8B is 62% lower than the national figure.
Average household size in L8B is 21% higher than the national figure.

How close everyday amenities are — not how good they are. Each figure is the share of this area’s residents who have that amenity within the distance shown, weighted by where people actually live.

Residents with a grocery store within a 1 km walk

57%

14 points lower than the national share of 70%

Share of L8B’s residents with each amenity within reach. The proximity index in the last column is scaled against all of Canada, where the national average is close to zero — read it against Canada, never on its own.
Amenity	Within	L8B	Canada	Compared	Index vs Canada
Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers.	1 km walk	57%	70%	14 points lower than Canada	54% below it
Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it.	1 km walk	78%	66%	13 points higher than Canada	80% below it
ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space.	1 km walk	85%	80%	5 points higher than Canada	46% below it
PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores.	1 km walk	37%	45%	8 points lower than Canada	45% below it
Child careLicensed child care facilities.	1.5 km walk	86%	86%	about the same as Canada	38% below it
Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.	1.5 km walk	58%	71%	13 points lower than Canada	33% below it
Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.	1.5 km walk	49%	60%	11 points lower than Canada	43% below it
LibraryPublic libraries.	1.5 km walk	19%	28%	9 points lower than Canada	63% below it
Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities.	3 km drive	98%	92%	6 points higher than Canada	62% below it
EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location.	10 km drive	100%	98%	about the same as Canada	74% below it

13% of L8B’s residents live in a block Statistics Canada classifies as an amenity-dense neighbourhood — one with a grocery store, pharmacy, health care, child care, a primary school, a library, a transit stop and a source of employment all in range. Nationally it is 16%. This is StatCan’s composite, not ours.

These measure how close an amenity is, never its quality. A school 500 m away is a school 500 m away — nothing here says anything about the school itself.
The proximity index is scaled against all of Canada, where 1 is the single most well-served block in the country and the national average is close to zero. It is useful for comparing places and misleading as a score.

Source: Statistics Canada, Proximity Measures Database (17-26-0002), 2021 reference year. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Measured at the dissemination block and aggregated to this postal area, weighted by population.

Two different rents, and neither one is “the rent here”.

CMHC surveys what tenants are paying — including people who have not moved in years — and only in purpose-built rental buildings of three units or more, so it leaves out rented condos, which in the largest cities is most of the market. Statistics Canada measures what is being asked in current listings, across the whole market. If you are staying put the first is closer; if you are moving, the second is.

L8B sits inside one CMHC survey zone, Ancast./Dundas/Flambor./Glanbrk..

Average rent paid in Hamilton's survey zones covering L8B (CMHC, October 2025), against average asking rent across Hamilton (Statistics Canada, January 2026). The two are measured differently and are not comparable line by line.
Unit	Being paid (CMHC)	Reliability	Being asked (StatCan)
Studio	$1,225	very good (b)	$1,450
1 bedroom	$1,493	excellent (a)	$1,760
2 bedrooms	$1,811	excellent (a)	$2,190
3+ bedrooms	$1,704	use with caution (d)	$2,580

Reliability is CMHC’s own code for how much the sample supports the figure, from excellent to use with caution. Where several zones cover L8B, the weakest of their codes is shown.

Neither figure is "the rent" for this area. One is a survey of buildings, the other a survey of listings, and both describe areas larger than a postal code.

Source: Statistics Canada, table 46-10-0092 (asking rents, experimental). Data current as of January 2026. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Experimental estimates drawn from online listings, published for selected metropolitan areas only.

Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product.

Air Quality Health Index at Hamilton West

2.03

Low risk · 11:00 AM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026

The Air Quality Health Index combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale. It is a reading at a station, not a measurement of any address.
Station	Hamilton West
Distance from L8B	8.4 km
Reading	2.03 — Low risk
Highest forecast	3

Measured at Hamilton West, 8.4 km from L8B. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Health Index. Data current as of 11:00 AM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026. Open Government Licence – Canada. This is the only live figure on this page; everything else is annual or from the census.

Facilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of L8B. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.

68 facilities within 10 km of L8B reported to the inventory. The 12 that released the most to air are listed; the total below covers all of them.

The 12 largest reporters to air of the 68 within 10 km of L8B, 2024, in tonnes. Quantities are estimated and reported by the facilities themselves.
Facility	Distance	Substances	Released to air
ArcelorMittal DofascoHamilton · Iron and Steel	9.3 km	58incl. dioxins/furans	11,176 t
Dundas OperationsDundas · Cement, Lime and Other Non-Metallic Minerals	0.8 km	6	4,243 t
HamiltonHamilton · Iron and Steel	7.8 km	40	4,067 t
BUNGE CANADA - HAMILTONHamilton · Other Manufacturing	6.6 km	8	698 t
Dundas QuarryDundas · Mining and Quarrying	0.6 km	3	520 t
Meridian Brick - AldershotAldershot · Cement, Lime and Other Non-Metallic Minerals	1.5 km	9	223 t
MCMASTER UNIVERSITYHamilton · Other (Except Manufacturing)	5.3 km	4	143 t
Flamboro QuarryDundas · Mining and Quarrying	inside this area	3	116 t
P & H Milling Group - HamiltonHamilton · Other Manufacturing	6.4 km	3	70 t
McNally PitCambridge · Mining and Quarrying	9.5 km	3	59 t
MIP BEAM Energy CentreHamilton · Electricity	6.0 km	1	55 t
Aberfoyle Main PitCambridge · Mining and Quarrying	9.5 km	3	54 t

All 68 facilities within 10 km — including the 56 not listed above — together reported 21,937 t released to air in 2024. That is what was reported within 10 km — not what reached this area, which depends on stack height, wind and chemistry that this inventory does not model.

The inventory is threshold-based: a facility reports only when it exceeds a quantity for a listed substance. Smaller emitters, road traffic, home heating and agriculture are not in it.
Quantities are reported by the facilities themselves and are estimates, not measurements at the fence line. Being close to a facility is not the same as being exposed to what it reports.
Dioxins and furans are reported in grams of toxic equivalent, a toxicity-weighted figure that cannot be added to a tonnage. Facilities reporting them are marked, and those grams are left out of every tonnage here — the rest of what those facilities released is counted.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Pollutant Release Inventory. Data current as of 2024 reporting year. Open Government Licence – Canada.

These figures describe the whole of Hamilton, Ontario — a metropolitan area — not L8B. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.

Crime Severity Index, 2025

54.8

Hamilton, Ontario · 27% lower than the national index of 75.0

Severity indexes for Hamilton, Ontario, 2025. The Crime Severity Index weights each offence by how serious the courts treat it, so it is an index and not a count — 100 is Canada in 2006.
Measure	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	Compared
Crime Severity Index	54.8	75.0	27% lower than Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index	68.8	97.2	29% lower than Canada
Non-violent Crime Severity Index	49.7	66.8	26% lower than Canada
Weighted clearance rate	34.0%	36.6%	2.6 percentage points lower than Canada

Reported incidents per 100,000 residents, 2025. These count incidents without weighting them by seriousness, so they are not comparable with the indexes above.
Violations	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	Compared
All violations	4,366 per 100,000	6,065 per 100,000	28% lower than Canada
Criminal Code, excluding traffic	4,076 per 100,000	5,585 per 100,000	27% lower than Canada
Violent Criminal Code	1,030 per 100,000	1,443 per 100,000	29% lower than Canada
Property crime	2,621 per 100,000	3,141 per 100,000	17% lower than Canada

Crime Severity Index for Hamilton, Ontario (solid) against Canada (dashed), 2011 to 2025. In 2025 it was lower than in 2011 — 54.8 against 64.9. A change in the index can come from a change in the number of offences, in how serious they were, or in how many were reported to police.

Year-by-year figures

Crime Severity Index by year. This table is the chart above, in full.
Year	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada
2011	64.9	77.6
2012	61.1	75.5
2013	55.5	68.9
2014	51.5	66.9
2015	51.4	70.4
2016	55.0	72.0
2017	60.0	73.6
2018	58.4	75.6
2019	59.7	79.7
2020	55.3	73.9
2021	56.8	74.9
2022	56.6	78.7
2023	59.4	81.3
2024	58.7	78.8
2025	54.8	75.0

The Crime Severity Index weights offences by seriousness and is set so that Canada in 2006 = 100. A rate per 100,000 counts incidents without weighting them. The two are not interchangeable and should not be compared to each other.

Source: Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0026 (crime severity index); table 35-10-0177 (incident-based crime statistics). Data current as of 2025 reference year. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Police-reported crime only — offences that are not reported to police are not counted anywhere in these figures.

Do these figures describe a specific address in L8B?: No. L8B is a forward sortation area — the first three characters of a postal code — and every figure here describes the whole of it. That is the finest granularity Canadian open data supports; a full six-character postal code requires a licensed Canada Post file. Conditions on one street can differ from the area average.
Why is the crime figure for Hamilton, Ontario rather than for L8B?: Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada. Statistics Canada publishes it by police service, aggregated to metropolitan areas and provinces, which for L8B means Hamilton, Ontario. There is no municipal feed covering this area, so the regional figure is the finest available.
How current is this profile?: The census figures are from the 2021 Census. The other panels carry their own dates, shown beside each one, because they are published on different schedules — crime annually, CMHC rents each October, asking rents quarterly, and the air quality index live. Each figure is labelled with the vintage it came from rather than the date you are reading it.
Does this page rank or score L8B?: No. There is no score, no grade, no star rating and no ranking against other areas. Every figure is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are combined. The site describes places using published statistics; it does not draw conclusions about the people who live in them.

No score, no ranking, no grade. This page will not score this neighbourhood, rank it against another, or present the people who live here as a feature of the place. Every figure above is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are added together.

Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Figures describe the whole forward sortation area, not a street.