Hamilton
Quick Facts
Province: Ontario
Population: 504,559
An area with a long history of industrial expansion, Hamilton offers investors a ready base of skilled labourers whose families have worked in nearby steel mills and production plants for generations. With major advanced manufacturing clusters, an emerging biotechnology cluster and one of the most innovative medical universities in Canada, Hamilton is a town resilient in its past, confident in its present, and excited by its future.
Key Advantages
- Emerging biotechnology cluster led by McMaster University and 38 local health science research centres
- Home to one of Ontario’s 5 major advanced manufacturing clusters: steel and steel-related operations involved in fabrication and machining; general manufacturing operations involved in the production of automotive parts; food and beverage products; storage, warehousing and distribution; building products and aggregates; chemicals
- McMaster University has earned reputation as the most innovative medical university in Canada, the 2nd in the world for heart and lung research and 1st in Canada in immunology research and clinical research
- Prime location with a port located at the entry point to the St Lawrence Seaway (Canada’s busiest commercial Great Lakes port) and an excellent transportation network with direct access to Toronto and the United States via Detroit or Buffalo
- Canadian hub of the North American steel industry, with 6.6 million tonnes of steelmaking capacity, or nearly 40% of Canada's total steel production
- Hamilton steel mills, including Canada’s two largest steel producers, Stelco and Dofasco, are closer to major U.S. markets than most American mills
- Fibre optic networking and switching platforms facilitate call centre development—Hamilton call centres have created 1,200 local jobs
Sector Strengths
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Biotechnology
- Agriculture
- Food & Beverage Processing
- Port-related Industries
