Keanin Loomis elected mayor of Hamilton, official results show
Keanin Loomis is elected Hamilton's mayor, the City Clerk certified on October 29, with 41.8% of the vote; turnout 31.61%.
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Council decisions, by-laws, the municipal budget and the 2026 election.
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Hamilton dates to know from Election Day to mid-November: voting, closures, comment deadlines and meetings
Dated items from October 26 into December, with the source for each.
Hamilton's listed heritage properties face a January 1, 2027 cut-off: what it means for owners
Hamilton's pre-2023 listed heritage properties come off the register on January 1, 2027 unless designated.
How to have your say on a development proposal in Hamilton: notices, public meetings and appeal rights
How to comment on a Hamilton development proposal, and what appeal rights the City describes.
Transit
HSR's first Annual Customer Survey closes Sunday, November 1, with five in-person sessions left
HSR's first annual rider survey closes Sunday, November 1; five in-person sessions remain.
City Hall
Hamilton's $450 snow-clearing subsidy opens November 1, and who has to shovel which sidewalk
Applications for the City's $450 snow-clearing subsidy open November 1; the sidewalk rules explained.
City Hall
Hamilton will open tenders on 19 tax-arrears properties at City Hall on November 17
Hamilton's November 17 tax sale lists 19 properties; tenders are due by 3 p.m.
City Hall
Hamilton Together: how to report hate in Hamilton and where to get support
A City campaign launched October 22 lists where to report hate in Hamilton and where to get support.
City Hall
Hamilton votes Monday: polls open 10 am to 8 pm, vote anywhere in your ward, and what the City has said about results
Polls open 10 am to 8 pm Monday; vote at any location in your ward.
City Hall
Public Health's Mountain Dental Clinic on Upper James Street is closed until November 20
Mountain Dental Clinic at 891 Upper James is closed October 20 to November 20; emergencies moved downtown.
Development
Hamilton planning staff aim to bring an AI data centre study plan to Planning Committee on December 1
Staff target December 1 for an interim report on an AI data centre study Council ordered in June.
Development
Hamilton's Committee of Adjustment has 25 application files on its October 29 agenda
25 files on 20 properties go before the Committee of Adjustment on October 29.
City Hall
Thanksgiving Monday in Hamilton: City offices closed, no garbage pickup and HSR on a Sunday schedule
What is closed and what changes in Hamilton on Thanksgiving Monday, October 12.
Schools
Hamilton Public Health asks doctors to encourage HPV vaccination among Grade 7 to 12 students
Public Health urges providers to promote the free HPV vaccine to Grade 7–12 students.
Housing
Hamilton Council approves a downtown pilot requiring landlords to keep one room in each rental unit at or below 26°C
Downtown Hamilton rental units to get a 26°C summer cooling standard in a 2027–2028 pilot.
Development
Council approves up to $12.03 million brownfield grant to clean up former psychiatric hospital lands for 512-bed long-term care home
Up to $12.03 million ERASE grant for 290 Fennell Ave. W. cleanup; 512-bed long-term care planned.
City Hall
COVID-19 and flu vaccines open to the general public in Hamilton on October 26
Fall COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccine dates and eligibility in Hamilton.
Neighbourhoods
City of Hamilton fined $600,000 for a 26-year sewage leak into Hamilton Harbour from a pipe at Burlington and Wentworth
City convicted and fined $600,000 over a sewer cross-connection that leaked into the harbour for 26 years.
City Hall
More than 7,300 Hamilton voters cast ballots on the first advance-poll weekend
7,310 voted at advance polls October 3–4; more advance days follow.
Transit
Hamilton committee approves up to $250,000 for a facilitator to restart stalled talks with First Nations on the Waterdown By-Pass
Committee backs a facilitator to restart talks on archaeology for the Waterdown By-Pass.
City Hall
Hamilton committee backs a $39.9 million contract to rebuild 1964 clarifiers at the Woodward wastewater plant, $6.6 million over budget
Committee backs extra $6.6 million to award a $39.9 million Woodward plant upgrade.
Development
Hamilton committee backs scrapping residential development charges for three years to unlock $572 million in federal-provincial funding
Committee backs a three-year end to residential development charges, tied to $572M in funding.
City Hall
Auditor General finds informal oversight on Southcote Road project that ended $2.5 million over its contract
Audit: Southcote Road project rose 19% to $15.82 million; 10 recommendations.
City Hall
Hamilton moves to stop regulating home security cameras under its Fortification By-law after complaints rose to about 171 a year
Committee backs dropping security cameras from Hamilton's Fortification By-law.
City Hall
Hamilton offers up to $2,000 to residents flooded in the July and August rainstorms
One-time grant of up to $2,000 for summer 2026 flood costs.
Neighbourhoods
Hamilton's first climate adaptation small-grant program, offering resident groups $500 to $7,500, is set to launch in early 2027
Climate Ready Hamilton pilot to offer resident groups $500–$7,500 for climate projects from Q1 2027.
City Hall
Hamilton's separate stormwater fee pushed back a year to January 2028, with school boards to be left out
Hamilton's dedicated stormwater fee moves to 2028; school boards to be excluded.
Neighbourhoods
Hamilton plans new water pumping station at 1845 Main Street West to replace 1968 Main and Whitney station; review ends October 30
New west Hamilton water pumping station proposed at 1845 Main St. W.; review to Oct. 30.
Housing
Hamilton approves a second round of zero-interest Better Homes Hamilton home retrofit loans
Second intake approved for the City's zero-interest home energy retrofit loan pilot.
City Hall
Hamilton to negotiate extending GFL's garbage and green bin collection contract to as late as March 2031
Council backs talks to extend GFL's half-city waste collection contract from 2029 to as late as 2031.
City Hall
Hamilton's early 2027 budget forecast shows an 8.2% average residential tax impact
The 2027 forecast shows 8.2% average residential impact; not a final decision.
City Hall
Thirteen candidates are certified for mayor of Hamilton, and 76 for the 15 council seats
13 run for mayor and 76 for council; Ward 10 has 11 candidates.