Hamilton
city in Ontario, Canada
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Summary
Hamilton is a city[1]. Hamilton ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,817 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ontario[4]
- Country: Canada[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lake Ontario[6]
- Head of government: Andrea Horwath[7]
- Instance of: single-tier municipality[8], big city[9]
- Official language: English[10]
- Shares border with: Regional Municipality of Niagara[11], Regional Municipality of Halton[12], Regional Municipality of Waterloo[13], Wellington County[14], County of Brant[15], Haldimand County[16], Grimsby[17], Burlington[18]
- Named after: George Hamilton[19]
- Flag: flag of Hamilton, Ontario[20]
- Twinned administrative body: Sulmona[21], Fukuyama[22], Kaga[23], Mangaluru[24], Racalmuto[25], Ma'anshan[26], Flint[27], Sarasota[28], Gagliano Aterno[29], Castiglione a Casauria[30], Pacentro[31], Pettorano sul Gizio[32], Pratola Peligna[33], Villetta Barrea[34]
- Legislative body: Hamilton City Council[35]
- Postal code: L0R, L8E-L8W, L9A-L9C, L9G-L9H, L9K[36]
- Part of: Niagara Peninsula[37], Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area[38]
- Commons category: Hamilton, Ontario[39]
- Local dialing code: 905[40], 289[41], 365[42], 742[43]
- Inception: June 9, 1846[44]
- Official website: https://www.hamilton.ca/[45]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hamilton, Ontario[46]
- Population: 519,949[47], 536,917[48], 569,353[49]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Hamilton, Ontario[50]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Hamilton, Ontario[51]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[52], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[53], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Hamilton include John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport[55], an international airport[56], in Canada[57].
Why It Matters
Hamilton has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Hamilton is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]
Entities named for Hamilton include John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport[55], an international airport[56], in Canada[57].