Municipal government of Hamilton, Ontario, serving over 569,000 residents with public health, emergency, housing, transit, waste, recreation and infrastructure services.
The City of Hamilton is the municipal government of Hamilton, Ontario, situated at the west end of Lake Ontario. Established in 1846, it employs between 5,001 and 10,000 people and delivers essential public services to more than 569,000 residents. Its mandate spans public health, emergency services, housing, recreation, waste management, transit and infrastructure maintenance - work that depends on a broad base of skilled trades, technical and operational staff.
Services are delivered through a range of programmes and agencies. These include Public Health Services, Emergency Services, CityHousing Hamilton and the HSR public transit system, alongside recreation programmes, waste management and the upkeep of municipal infrastructure. The city also maintains hundreds of kilometres of hiking trails within its boundaries.
Hamilton states its vision as being "the best place to raise a child and age successfully", with a mission to provide high-quality, cost-conscious public services that contribute to a healthy, safe and prosperous community in a sustainable manner. Its published values are sensational service, courageous change, steadfast integrity, collective ownership and engaged, empowered employees, with an explicit emphasis on sustainability.
The city acknowledges the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas peoples. Further information is available at https://hamilton.ca/.
