City of Hamilton

Municipal Ward Boundaries

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Source:

City of Hamilton, Information Technology Services, GIS Services. November 2003.

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Description:

Ward boundaries, associated with municipal elections in the City of Hamilton.

Two sets of boundaries are available:

- 2000 to date: 15 municipal wards, as created for the November 2000 election

- 1985 to 1999: ward boundaries before amalgamation into New City of Hamilton (Hamilton 8 wards, Flamborough 7 wards, Dundas 4 wards, Glanbrook 5 wards, Stoney Creek 7 wards, Ancaster 5 wards)

Names of councillors have been added to the attributes for 2000 and 2003 elections.

File format: ArcView shapefiles.

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Metadata:

There is no metadata associated with these files.

They were created from the City of Hamilton GIS system, in shapefile format, November 2003, at the request of McMaster University Library Map Collection.

Councillor names were added by McMaster University Library Map Collection.

Source for 2000-2003 councillor names was City of Hamilton webpage "Members of Council" (http://www.city.hamilton.on.ca/Clerk/council/ - revised 24-Oct-2003).

Source for 2003-2006 councillor names was City of Hamilton Election Results webpage (http://www.hamilton.ca/Clerk/election/2003-election-results/ - revised November 11, 2003)

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Attribute Fields in This Database:

Filename
Attributes
wards_1999.shpMunicipali (municipality name), Ward, SGC, Cen96pop (incomplete), Councillor (incomplete)
ward_bndry.shpWard, Councillor 2000-2003*, Councillor 2003-2006*

*attribute added by Library

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Demo Location:

The ward boundary files may be viewed in the Map Collection, on the ArcView workstation (h:/data_demos/hamilton/demo.apr)

Click here to view sample images:

Ward Boundaries 2000 to present

Ward Boundaries 1985-1999

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How to Obtain These Files:

1) Digital versions of Ward Boundaries of Hamilton are licensed to McMaster University Library by the City of Hamilton. They are available only to students, faculty and staff of McMaster University, and may be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes.

2) The City of Hamilton license form must be signed before the files will be delivered. A copy of this license form can be obtained in the Map Collection.

3) The digital boundary files can be requested from the Map Collection.

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