Portal:Hamilton, Ontario

The Hamilton, Ontario Portal

Hamilton, Ontario is a port city on the western end of Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada. The city has a population of 504,559 according to the Canada 2006 Census. The metropolitan area of Hamilton has a population of 692,911, making it the third largest metropolitan area in all of Ontario, after Toronto (metropolitan area population: roughly 5 million), and Ottawa (metropolitan area population: roughly 1 million). The city is part of the Golden Horseshoe and the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. The local economy revolve around steel and manufacturing sectors, but recent developments "shifted" the economy to health and sciences sector. The city is recently amalgamated with Dundas, Ancaster, and Stoney Creek as one bigger city in the year 2001.

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Downtown Dundas (May 2005) looking westward.

Dundas, Ontario, Canada held a town charter between 1848 and 2001. Its nickname is the Valley Town and has a latitude and longitude of 43°15′46″N, 79°57′35″W.

The population has been stable for decades at about twenty thousand, largely because it has not annexed rural land from the protected Dundas Valley Conservation Area. Now operated by the Hamilton Conservation Authority, the area links up directly and indirectly with the Bruce Trail. Other green spaces include the Dundas Driving Park, Veterans Park and Cootes Paradise.

Notable events are the Buskerfest in early June, while the Dundas Cactus Festival is held annually in August. [1]

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Russell Stanley "Russ" Jackson, OC , B.Sc (born July 28, 1936 in Hamilton, Ontario)^[1] is a former Canadian football quarterback.

After an amazing college career as a both a basketball and football player, Jackson graduated from McMaster University in 1958 with a B.Sc. in Mathematics. He turned down a Rhodes Scholarship to sign with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. Originally a defensive back, Jackson ended by quarterbacking the Rough Riders to three Grey Cup championship victories, the last one being in 1969.

Jackson was honoured many times during his CFL career. He won the Schenley award as the league's outstanding player in 1963, 1966 and 1969. He was also a four-time Schenley winner as the CFL's outstanding Canadian player ('59, '63, '66, '69). He was a 6-time Eastern Conference all-star quarterback ('62, '63, '66, '67, '68, '69) and the CFL all-star quarterback in 1966, 1968 and 1969.

Russ Jackson is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in Hamilton, Ontario. Many consider him one of the best Canadians to play in the CFL, while most consider him to be the best Canadian to play the quarterback position.

After retiring from football, he returned to teaching, he was a mathematics teacher from 1959-1961 and head of the department of math at Rideau High School in Ottawa 1961-1966. He later became a vice-principal and principal at secondary schools in Ottawa and Mississauga.

Russ is an Officer of the Order of Canada and was awarded an honorary doctor degree in law by McMaster University in 1989.

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Hamilton, Ontario lists

• List of attractions in Hamilton, Ontario
• List of films shot in Hamilton, Ontario
• List of media outlets in Hamilton, Ontario
• List of people from Hamilton, Ontario
• List of Royal visits to Hamilton, Ontario
• List of sports venues in Hamilton, Ontario
• List of streets in Hamilton, Ontario
• List of tallest buildings in Hamilton, Ontario

Categories

• Category:Roads in Hamilton, Ontario
• Category:Buildings and structures in Hamilton, Ontario
• Category:Communities in Hamilton, Ontario
• Category:Culture of Hamilton, Ontario
• Category:Education in Hamilton, Ontario
• Category:Hamilton, Ontario media
• Category:History in Hamilton, Ontario
• Category:Hospitals in Hamilton
• Category:McMaster University
• Category:Municipal government of Hamilton, Ontario
• Category:People from Hamilton, Ontario
• Category:Sport in Hamilton, Ontario

Did you know...

• ...the Niagara Escarpment is situated in the middle of Hamilton, and thus separated the city into "lower" and "upper" parts?

• ...60% of Canada's steel is produced in Hamilton?

• ...Hamilton were the hosts of the first Commonwealth Games; then called British Empire Games in 1930 ?

• ...90% of Hamilton's population are whites?

• ...Hamilton is a sister city of Flint, Michigan?

• ...that Daniel Lanois, opened up Grant Avenue Studios a landmark in Hamilton in 1985? A solo artist in his own right he's made his mark as a producer for some of the world's biggest musical acts. Some of these include Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and U2.

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