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This Profile is organized into the following sections:
This neighbourhood covers a western section of the old City of Hamilton and an eastern section of the old Town of Ancaster. It includes the smaller Hamilton City Planning and Development Department neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Mountview and Fessenden in the old City of Hamilton and the neighbourhoods of Garner, Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Old Mill, St. John’s , Lime Kiln, Scenic Woods and Sulpher Springs in the old Town of Ancaster. Fessenden 8 is defined by census tracts 3.01, 3.02, 43, 44, 123 and 124. The border of this neighbourhood follows Governor’s Road west, then south along Binkley Side Road, Mineral Springs Road, Sulphur Springs Road, Lover’s Lane and Fiddler’s Green Road to Highway 53, east to Southcote Road, north to Highway 403 and Golf Links Road, east along the Lincoln Alexander Parkway to Upper Paradise, north to Mohawk Road, to Rice Ave., to San Pedro Drive, to Scenic Drive and the escarpment. The border continues down the escarpment along Highway 403 to Longwood Road and west along Main Street to the border of the old Town of Dundas back to Governor’s Road.
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Population In 2001 Fessenden 8 had a total population of 27,448 people, which was an increase of 3.9% since 1996. In 2001 the neighbourhood’s population was composed of 48.1% males and 51.9% females. Fessenden 8 had a lower proportion of young children aged 14 and under and a higher proportion of individuals aged 15 to 29 than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1a). The proportions of people in the age categories 65 and over were fairly similar to Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1b). A full population pyramid by age and sex for Fessenden 8 is shown in Figure 1c. Marital Status and Families In 2001 Fessenden 8 had a similar marital status distribution to Hamilton and Ontario for the population aged 15 years and over (Figure 2a). There were slightly fewer lone parent families in Fessenden 8 (14.7%) than in Hamilton (16.6%) and Ontario (15.2%). A similar proportion of seniors aged 65 years and over lived alone in Fessenden 8 (27.9%) compared to Hamilton (28.9%) and Ontario (26.8%). Fessenden 8 had slightly fewer households with 4 or more members (23.8%) and more households with 2 members (33.5%) than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 2b). Households and Dwellings There were slightly fewer owned dwellings in Fessenden 8 than in Hamilton and Ontario, and more rented (Figure 3a). Fessenden 8 had 70.8% of private dwellings built between 1946 and 1980 compared to 55.5% for Hamilton and 51.4% for Ontario. There were slightly fewer single-detached houses in Fessenden 8 than in Hamilton and Ontario and more apartment buildings with five or more storeys (Figure 3b). Education The level of education in Fessenden 8 was higher than in Hamilton and Ontario. Less-than-grade-9 was the highest level of education for 4.8% of the population 20 years and older, compared to 10.3% in Hamilton and 8.7% in Ontario (Figure 4a). A much larger proportion of this population in Fessenden 8 attained a university level of education than in Hamilton and Ontario. The proportion of people aged 15 to 24 years in Fessenden 8 who were not attending school was 28.7%, lower than in Hamilton (38.1%) and Ontario (35.1%). Employment and Income In Fessenden 8 the proportion of people aged 15 and over (63.9%) who were in the labour force (working or available to work) was similar to Hamilton (63.7%) and lower than in Ontario (67.3%). In 2001 Fessenden 8 had a slightly lower unemployment rate (5.9%) than Hamilton (6.4%) and Ontario (6.1%). The top 4 male and female occupations are listed in Table 1. The prevalence of low income for all persons in private households was lower in Fessenden 8 (16.9%) than in Hamilton (19.8%) but higher than in Ontario (14.4%) (Figure 5a). Most areas of Hamilton experienced a decrease in low income since 1996; however in Fessenden 8 the prevalence of low income increased from 1996 to 2001. The average household income in Fessenden 8 was $69,400 in 2000, higher than in Hamilton ($57,700) and Ontario ($66,800). In Fessenden 8, 76.1% of income came from employment while 9.4% came from government transfers. The proportions of income from employment and government transfers were 77.1% and 12.1%, respectively, for Hamilton and 78.7% and 9.8%, respectively, for Ontario. Unpaid Work Compared to Hamilton and Ontario, fewer people aged 15 years and over in Fessenden 8 provided unpaid childcare (Figure 6a). A slightly greater proportion of people provided care or assistance to seniors compared to Hamilton and Ontario. Immigration and Language In Fessenden 8, 8.4% of people had a citizenship other than Canadian, compared with 6.0% in Hamilton and 7.6% in Ontario. Immigrants made up 27.8% of residents in Fessenden 8 with 18.3% of immigrants born in the United Kingdom, the most common place of birth outside Canada. In Hamilton and Ontario, 24.7% and 26.8% of residents were immigrants with the United Kingdom being the most common place of birth outside Canada. 5.7% of people in Fessenden 8 spoke a home language other than English or French, which was lower than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 7a). Chinese (1.5%) and Arabic (0.8%) were the two most common home languages other than English in Fessenden 8. 0.9% of residents could not conduct a conversation in an official language (English or French) compared to 1.8% in Hamilton and 2.1% in Ontario. Disability In 2001 13.2% of people in Fessenden 8 reported difficulties hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing similar activities. 14.6% of people reported that a physical condition, mental condition or health problem reduced the amount or kind of activity they could do. The percentage reporting one or both of the above disabilities was 16.9%. These rates were slightly lower than in Hamilton and about the same as in Ontario (Figure 8a). Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits In 2001 and 2002, Fessenden 8 residents were admitted to hospital at a rate of 78.0 per 1,000 population, which was lower than in Hamilton as a whole (93.3) (Table 2). Fessenden 8 had higher rates of admissions for malignancies and osteoarthrosis and allied disorders than Hamilton but lower rates for all other disease groupings. The rates of emergency room visits, admissions and expected acute home care days per 1,000 population were lower in Fessenden 8 than in Hamilton as a whole. Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) Services In the fiscal year 2003-2004, the number of CCAC clients per 1,000 population in Fessenden 8 was 49.6, higher than in Hamilton as a whole (34.7) (Table 3). When standardized by age and sex to the Hamilton population, the rate for Fessenden 8 remained high at 46.7 per 1,000. Except for Speech Visits, the standardized rates for individual CCAC services per 1,000 population were higher in Fessenden 8 than in the entire City of Hamilton. Family Physicians Practicing in Fessenden 8, September 2004
For a full list of family physicians practicing in Hamilton click here for an Excel file or click here for a PDF file. Compared to Hamilton and Ontario, in 2001 Fessenden 8 had
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