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By-law 05-200 · Institutional Zones

I3 · Major Institutional

I3 is the Major Institutional zone under the City of Hamilton's Zoning By-law 05-200. It is drawn on 52 zone polygons covering about 323 hectares, mostly in Cootes Paradise, Mohawk and Bowman. 15 carry a special exception; 4 carry a holding provision.

Last checked October 8, 2026City of HamiltonHow we know
Publisher
City of Hamilton
Source dataset
Zoning By-law Boundary (open data layer)
Official record
Section 8.3, Zoning By-law 05-200
Retrieved
October 8, 2026
Licence
City of Hamilton Open Data Licence (version 1.1, January 2017) Terms
From the source
the zone code on each polygon · the zone's name, from Zoning By-law 05-200, sections by zone (City of Hamilton) · the exception and holding markers on each polygon
Derived by HamiltonIQ
polygon count and hectares, from each polygon's outline · neighbourhoods and wards, by the point inside each polygon · the simplified outlines on the map
HamiltonIQ’s words
the summary sentence
Kept current
Rebuilt from the City of Hamilton's layer by the site's data pipeline; every count on this page is from the record checked October 8, 2026.
At a glance
Zone code
I3
Name in the by-law
Major Institutional
By-law
Zoning By-law 05-200
Zone group
Institutional Zones
Polygons
52
Hectares
323
With a special exception
15
With a holding provision
4
Neighbourhoods
39
I3 zones under By-law 05-20017 of 52 zone polygons drawn, largest first.I3 · Cootes Paradise · 72.018 haI3 · Mohawk · 55.685 haI3 · special exception 27 · holding provision H37 · Bowman · 31.947 haI3 · Mountview · 17.321 haI3 · Strathcona · 14.498 haI3 · Greenford · 12.232 haI3 · special exception MZO-O.Reg 447/20 · Mohawk · 9.161 haI3 · Glanbrook planning unit 4200 · 8.238 haI3 · Eastmount · 6.456 haI3 · Mountview · 6.376 haI3 · Corktown · 6.13 haI3 · special exception 659 · Hamilton Golf & Club · 5.913 haI3 · Landsdale · 5.898 haI3 · Macassa · 5.547 haI3 · special exception 179 · Flamborough planning unit 1400 · 5.354 haI3 · special exception 8 · Crerar · 5.174 haI3 · Dundana West · 4.418 ha
I3 zone polygons (By-law 05-200)The outline is the City of Hamilton boundary.

The 35 smallest polygons are too small to see at this scale and are not drawn; every polygon is counted.


Where I3 applies

Polygons and hectares by the City of Hamilton’s neighbourhood outlines, each polygon placed by a point inside it.

And 19 more neighbourhoods.

Wards: Ward 14 (9), Ward 7 (7), Ward 3 (6), Ward 9 (6), Ward 12 (5), Ward 1 (4), Ward 2 (3), Ward 8 (3), Ward 10 (3), Ward 5 (2), Ward 13 (2), Ward 4 (1), Ward 15 (1).


Exceptions, holding and other markers

The markers the layer records on I3 polygons. Their terms are written only in the by-law; each line says where.

Special exception (15 polygons)
43 (×2), MZO-O.Reg 447/20, 8, 12, 27, 39, 179, 449, 659, 740, 744, 745, 863, 938The City's guide to the by-law: a special exception's terms are in Schedule C – Special Exceptions. Read it
Holding provision (4 polygons)
H204, H214, H36, H37Schedule D – Holding Provisions. Read it

What the zone permits

The permitted uses and regulations for I3 are set out in Section 8.3, Zoning By-law 05-200. HamiltonIQ does not paraphrase them: an exception, a holding provision or a later amendment can change what applies to one lot. The City of Hamilton’s Zoning Verification Report Application is the City of Hamilton’s own answer for a property. The interactive zoning map shows the zone on a single lot.

Sources

Every factual claim above traces to one of these documents.

  1. City of Hamilton

    Section 8.3, Zoning By-law 05-200

    Retrieved October 8, 2026

  2. City of Hamilton

    Zoning By-law Boundary (open data layer)

    Retrieved October 8, 2026

  3. City of Hamilton

    Zoning By-law 05-200: where it applies

    Retrieved October 8, 2026

City of Hamilton Open Data Licence (version 1.1, January 2017). Terms. Records checked October 8, 2026.