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This Profile is organized into the following sections:
This neighbourhood is a section of north-east Hamilton. It includes the smaller Hamilton City Planning and Development Department neighbourhoods of Keith, McAnulty, Crown Point East, Homeside, Normanhurst, McQuesten, Parkview and Hamilton Beach. McQuesten 14 is defined by census tracts 54-58, 67-71 and 73. The border of this neighbourhood follows Wellington Street N. south from the Hamilton Harbour to the CN Railway, east to Ottawa Street N., south to Main Street E., east to the Red Hill Creek and north to include the Hamilton Beach.
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Population In 2001 McQuesten 14 had a total population of 29,525 people, which was virtually unchanged from 1996. In 2001 the neighbourhood’s population was composed of 49.4% males and 50.6% females. McQuesten 14 had a younger age profile than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1a), with higher proportions of individuals aged 0-14 and 30-44 and lower proportions of individuals aged 45 and over (Figure 1b). A full population pyramid by age and sex for McQuesten 14 is shown in Figure 1c. Marital Status and Families In 2001 43.1% of the McQuesten 14 population aged 15 years and over were married compared to 51.7% in Hamilton and 53.4% in Ontario (Figure 2a). There were many more lone parent families in McQuesten 14 (26.0%) than in Hamilton (16.6%) and Ontario (15.2%). More seniors aged 65 years and over lived alone in McQuesten 14 (31.7%) than in Hamilton (28.9%) and Ontario (26.8%). McQuesten 14 had more single person households (28.0%) and fewer households with 4 or more members (24.0%) than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 2b). Households and Dwellings The percentages of owned and rented private dwellings in McQuesten 14 were similar to Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 3a). McQuesten 14 is an older neighbourhood with more dwellings built prior to 1961 (80.2%) than Hamilton (42.6%) and Ontario (33.1%). There were more single-detached houses in McQuesten 14 than in Hamilton and Ontario and fewer apartment buildings with five or more storeys (Figure 3b). Education The level of education in McQuesten 14 was lower than in Hamilton and Ontario. Less-than-grade-9 was the highest level of education for 14.5% of the population 20 years and older, compared to 10.3% in Hamilton and 8.7% in Ontario (Figure 4a). Very few adults in McQuesten 14 (6.2%) had a university education. The proportion of people aged 15 to 24 years in McQuesten 14 who were not attending school was 52.7%, much higher than in Hamilton (38.1%) and in Ontario (35.1%). Employment and Income In McQuesten 14 a lower proportion of people aged 15 and over (59.5%) were in the labour force (working or available to work) than in Hamilton (63.7%) and Ontario (67.3%). In 2001 McQuesten 14 had a higher unemployment rate (8.0%) 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 higher in McQuesten 14 (31.2%) than in Hamilton (19.8%) and Ontario (14.4%) (Figure 5a). Most areas of Hamilton, including McQuesten 14, experienced a decrease in low income since 1996. The average household income in McQuesten 14 was $41,700 in 2000, lower than in Hamilton ($57,700) and Ontario ($66,800). In McQuesten 14, 75.0% of income came from employment while 18.2% 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, a similar proportion of people aged 15 years and over in McQuesten 14 provided unpaid childcare (Figure 6a). A smaller proportion of people provided care or assistance to seniors compared to Hamilton and Ontario. Immigration and Language In McQuesten 14, 4.0% of people had a citizenship other than Canadian, compared with 6.0% in Hamilton and 7.6% in Ontario. Immigrants made up 15.9% of residents in McQuesten 14 with 15.8% 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. 5.3% of people in McQuesten 14 spoke a home language other than English or French, which was lower than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 7a). Italian (0.9%) and Polish (0.7%) were the two most common home languages other than English in McQuesten 14. 1.4% 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 20.0% of people in McQuesten 14 reported difficulties hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing similar activities. 21.6% 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 25.2%. These rates were higher than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 8a). Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits In 2001 and 2002, McQuesten 14 residents were admitted to hospital at a rate of 106 per 1,000 population, which was higher than in Hamilton as a whole (93.3) (Table 2). McQuesten 14 had higher rates of admission than Hamilton for all disease groupings except osteoarthrosis and allied disorders. The rates of emergency room visits and admissions were higher in McQuesten 14 than in Hamilton. McQuesten 14 residents had a higher rate of expected acute home care days per 1,000 population than residents of 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 McQuesten 14 was 34.8, almost equal to Hamilton as a whole (34.7) (Table 3). When standardized by age and sex to the Hamilton population, the rate for McQuesten 14 was higher at 38.3 per 1,000. Except for Personal Support and Homemaking Hours, Nutrition and Speech Visits, the standardized rates for individual CCAC services were higher in McQuesten 14 than in the entire City of Hamilton. Family Physicians Practicing in McQuesten 14, 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 McQuesten 14 had
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