Hamilton sits at City Score rank #12 with a standing of 64%, from 8 of 8 open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety). Missing pillars score at median standing so thin coverage cannot inflate the rank. The chart below shows how that standing moves year to year.
Latest owned placements: building permit value rank #16 of 25 (2025); indoor radon rank #228 of 327 at 85 Bq/m³ survey mean; residential mill rate rank #49 of 57 (9.29 mill rate). Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.
In the 2025 City Score edition, Hamilton carries a City Score standing of 64% (rank #12 of 343) with 8 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 12 points above the Ontario peer average across 123 ranked cities. Within Ontario, Hamilton ranks #9 of 123 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is property tax (standing 86%, rank #49 of 57, raw score 9.294668652271035). The weakest observed pillar is seismic hazard (standing 29%, rank #101 of 343). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Hamilton, Ontario (table 35100026), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 120 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Hamilton. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
