Hamilton, Ontario The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Hamilton, Ontario

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 187 km² in 1971 to 420 km² in 2011, an increase of 124%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 512 km² in 1971 to 1,389 km² in 2011, an increase of 172%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (49%), water (5%) and other (46%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 487 km² of arable land and 191 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 35.9% was forest, 55.9% was natural land for pasture and 8.2% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 43% from 503,189 to 721,053 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 99% from 147,550 to 294,150 between 1971 and 2011.

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