Hamilton Population 2020?

[dennis1]

Does anyone have population projections for Hamilton in 2020 or 2030?

[SteelTown]

"The City of Hamilton is forecast to experience significant population growth over the next 20 years. The population of the city is planned to grow from the current 500,000 residents to an anticipated population of 660,000 residents while employment is expected to grow to 300,000 jobs by 2031."

From Metrolinx - Hhamilton King-Main Benefits Case (Feb 2010)
http://www.metrolinx.com/Docs/Agenda..._FNL_DRAFT.pdf

[dennis1]

Thanks so much SteelTown.

[SteelTown]

Based on those numbers by 2030 Hamilton's CMA will likely reach a million.

[realcity]

while the lower city is currently losing population. That growth will be in Burlington, Grimsby, South Mountain, Ancaster and Stoney creek, Waterdown The donut hole is getting bigger

[SteelTown]

Actually Metrolinx's forecast the lower end of the City to increase in population with LRT.

[SteelTown]

Figured I could add this here as well....

Hamilton's visible minority population expected to double
Canadian Press
3/9/2010
http://www.900chml.com/Channels/Reg/...spx?ID=1204615

One out of every four people in the Hamilton region will be a visible minority by 2031.

The projection comes from a Statistics Canada report, which expects Hamilton's population of visible minorities to more than double within 30 years.

In 2006, visible minorities made up just 12% of Hamilton's population.

The report suggests the face of Canada will change even more dramatically than it already has as immigrants from South Asia and China continue to outnumber the Europeans who settled the country.

The national figures project a radically altered population over a half century.

Across Canada, Stats-Can is predicting 31% of the population, or about 14-million people, will be a visible minority in three decades.

In 1981, there were just over 1-million Canadians who identified themselves as visible minorities, representing less than 5% of the population.

[SteelTown]

From Wooster @ SSP

[realcity]

Originally Posted by SteelTown

Actually Metrolinx's forecast the lower end of the City to increase in population with LRT.

LRT has to happen first. and that's years away if it does. Probably won't have a decision even until after the election.

It's not even debatable. the lower city has been losing pop. and jobs since early 90s.

And the city continues to expand the border, aerotropolis will turn into sprawl, combined with the minimum set density goals set out in Places to Grow Act for downtown. I'll hold my breathe for LRT but with every passing deadline I', losing hope

[dennis1]

The lower city also has somewhat of a bad rep too.

660,000. That's mind blowing. That's like Mississauga right now.

[highwater]

According to a feasability study for our local rec centre, the city is projecting 15% growth in West Hamilton, although they don't give a timeframe and refer to this growth rate as "slow".

[realcity]

I'm looking at my copy of the Places to Grow booklet from November 2005. It's a 25 year plan. We are now one fifth into the timeline of the plan. It used 2001 census. Distilled and conceived in 2003-4. Officially launched in 2005. To be reviewed every 5 years. This year it will get its first report card. It's first mid-terms if you will. I'm looking forward to see how much has changed?

How much has Hamilton infilled? How much density has increased along Barton, Canon, Wilson, Main corridors? How many residential units have been built or are currently under seriously planning? How many jobs have been created in the lower city and CBD? The area where most of the activity and density is supposed to happen.

Nothing will change. Hamilton is still dreaming of a Pearson lite (aerotropolis), a 427ish version industrial park (Canada Bread Park). All of this is the complete opposite of Places to Grow. And opposite of own GRIDS and the most laughable... Vision 20/20, which was conceived in 2000 as a 20 year plan and we're now halfway there and basically zero of the Vision 20/20 plan has come to fruition. Vision 20/20 has lost its sight.

Westdale is brilliant. A gold-star for Hamilton, unfortunately it's getting too expensive to live in a single detached house for most families. The area is ripe for some 20+ floor condos....

All good intentions. Hamilton is great at talking the talk. .. but trips over its feet when it tries to walk to the starting line. I think McQuinty should drop the hammer on the Hammer.

[realcity]

The 5-year review is being done by Hemson Consulting. A big fan of Hamilton. or should I say, the City of Hamilton is a very good client. I don't expect Hemson to come down hard on Hamilton's total fail...

[highwater]

Hemson is the consulting co. that pushed 'logistics' and greenfield development as our only economic hope, so they are pretty much the last ones who should be evaluating our 'progress'. Hamlilton's fail is their fail.

[dennis1]

thanks for the info real city

[SteelTown]

Statistic Canada released CMA numbers today.

Hamilton (Ont.) CMA
721,053 - 2011
692,911 - 2006
4.1% change

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-re...=3&O=D&RPP=150

[LikeHamilton]

Hamilton's population hits 519,949

900CHML.com 2/8/2012

New census data shows the population of the Hamilton metropolitan area has increased by 4.1 per cent since the last census in 2006.

But our area's growth rate is below the national growth rate of 5.9 per cent.

The population of Ontario increased by 5.7 per cent.

Statistics Canada released the first batch of numbers from the 2011 census today.

It shows the population of the Hamilton metropolitan as 721,053, compared with 692,911 from the 2006 census.

The population of the actual city of Hamilton was 519,949, up from 504,559 in 2006.

That puts Hamilton as Canada's 9th largest census metropolitan areas.

Among the local cities within our metro area, Milton recorded the biggest population jump, going from 53,889 in 2006 to 84,362, an increase of 56.5 per cent.

Burlington's population has grown from 164,415 to 175,779 while Oakville has risen to 182,520, up from 165,613 in 2006.

Canada's population on census day was 33,476,688 and grew the fastest of the G8 countries over the last five years.

http://www.900chml.com/Channels/Reg/...spx?ID=1651752

[SteelTown]

City of Hamilton population...

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-re...&T=301&S=3&O=D

[SteelTown]

Originally Posted by jeremy_haak

Right now, it is 36% to Hamilton under the forward-commuting rule, and 9% from Hamilton under the reverse-commuting rule. It would need either 50% or 25% respectively. Interestingly, Haldimand looks like it is quite literally right on the cusp of being a CA in its own right - the population for Caledonia is 9999, 1 short of the requirement for the core of a CA. If it were to become a CA, it would seem to qualify for being a part of Hamilton based on the 35% combined rule for merging a CMA and CA. That would add almost an additional 50000 to Hamilton.

So it appears next time Hamilton will get a big boost. Too bad Caledonia was 10000 or Hamilton would be above Quebec City and Winnipeg.

[SteelTown]

The population for Hamilton, Niagara, Haldimand and Brant is 1,315,970.