Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton
Ceety
City of Hamilton
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Nickname(s): Ambitious City, Steeltown, The Hammer
Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve
Location in the province o Ontario, Canadae
Coordinates: 43°15′N 79°52′W
Kintra	Canadae
Province	Ontario
Incorporatit	9 Juin 1846
Govrenment
• Mayor	Fred Eisenberger
• Ceety Cooncil	Hamilton, Ontario City Council
• MPs	List of MPs Dean Allison Chris Charlton David Christopherson Wayne Marston David Sweet
• MPPs	List of MPPs Andrea Horwath Tim Hudak Ted McMeekin Paul Miller Monique Taylor
Area
• Ceety	1,138.11 km2 (439.43 sq mi)
• Laund	1,117.11 km2 (431.32 sq mi)
• Watter	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 (2011)
• Ceety	519,949 (10t)
• Density	465.4/km2 (1,205/sq mi)
• Metro	721,053 (9t)
• Demonym	Hamiltonian
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	L8E tae L8W, L9A tae L9C, L9G tae L9H, L9K
Area code(s)	905, 289, 519
Website	www.hamilton.ca

Hamilton is a port ceety in the Canadian province o Ontario. Conceivit bi George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand ferm shortly efter the War o 1812, Hamilton haes become the centre o a densely populatit an industrialisit region at the wast end o Lake Ontario kent as the Golden Horseshoe. On 1 Januar 2001, the new Ceety o Hamilton wis formit through the amalgamation o the umwhile ceety an the ither constituent lawer-tier municipalities o the Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth wi the upper-tier regional govrenment. Residents o the ceety ar kent as Hamiltonians. Syne 1981, the metropolitan aurie haes been leetit as the nint lairgest in Canadae an the third lairgest in Ontario.

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