Raise the Hammer

Quote from James: "If anyone can disprove what I'm saying with empirical evidence ... (I) will willingly change my position."

Quote from James: "Where on earth has everyone gotten the idea that Hamilton taxpayers subsidize those In outlying areas (I'm avoiding the term burbs here because quite frankly, Hamilton mountain is far more sprawled out than my town of Waterdown)."

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Okay James, here is some empirical evidence. You agreed to change your opinion in light of such evidence...


DENSITY CALCULATIONS:

Hamilton City: 173,595 pop / 13,054.54 = 13.3/ac
Hamilton Mountain: 143,702 pop / 12,558.19 ac = 11.4/ac
Waterdown & Flamborough: 72,548 pop / 139,203.66 ac = .52/ac
Ward 15 alone: ? pop / 36,798.66 ac = ?
**Can anyone find Ward 15 population statistic? It cannot include any of Ward 14 to be valid.

So...
- Hamilton Mountain density is 22 times more dense than Waterdown/Flamborough
-Hamilton City is 26 times more dense than Waterdown/Flamborough.


EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE:


DENSITY PER AREA:

Reference for Ward Area in acres has not changed (population data on this document is from 2001 and NOT USED in the density calculations): map.hamilton.ca/Static/PDFs/WardMaps/AllWards_Statistics.pdf

Hamilton City: Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 3, Ward 4 (3,759.00 ac + 1,635.74 ac + 3,570.92 ac + 4,088.88 ac) = 13,054.54 ac
Hamilton Mountain: Ward 6, Ward 7, Ward 8 (3,950.97 ac + 4,315.35 ac + 4,291.87 ac) = 12,558.19 ac
Waterdown, Flamborough: Ward 14, 15 (102,405.00 ac + 36,798.66 ac) = 139,203.66 ac


POPULATION BREAKDOWN BY POSTAL CODE / AREA:

Reference for Population Data according to Canada Post (note this only includes people with fixed addresses, so Hamilton City population would be higher): www.realestateproperty.ca/location/homes.html

Area Population
Stoney Creek (L8E) 33,105
Stoney Creek (L8G) 22,280
Stoney Creek (L8J) 17,960
STONEY CREEK TOTAL 73,345

Hamilton City (L8H) 27,666
Hamilton City (L8K) 32,999
Hamilton City (L8L) 34,435
Hamilton City (L8M) 14,190
Hamilton City (L8N) 14,800
Hamilton City (L8P) 22,183
Hamilton City (L8R) 10,795
Hamilton City (L8S) 16,527
HAMILTON CITY TOTAL 173,595

Hamilton Mountain (L8T) 19,331
Hamilton Mountain (L8V) 21,792
Hamilton Mountain (L8W) 24,512
Hamilton Mountain (L9A) 23,296
Hamilton Mountain (L9B) 16,426
Hamilton Mountain (L9C) 38,345
HAMILTON MOUNTAIN TOTAL 143,702

Waterdown, Flamborough (L0R) 72,548
WATERDOWN, FLAMBOROUGH TOTAL 72,548

Ancaster (L8S) 16,527
Ancaster (L9G) 6,683
Ancaster (L8K) 1,591
ANCASTER TOTAL 24,801

Dundas (L8S) 16,527
Dundas (L9H) 11,681
DUNDAS TOTAL 28,208

HAMILTON TOTAL: 516,199

These population values were last updated approx. mid 2007 as the most recent population statistic is 560,000.