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By-law 05-200 · Residential Zones

R1a · Low Density Residential - Small Lot

R1a is the Low Density Residential - Small Lot zone under the City of Hamilton's Zoning By-law 05-200. It is drawn on 625 zone polygons covering about 972 hectares, mostly in Delta West, Homeside and Crown Point West. 14 carry a special exception.

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 15.2, 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
R1a
Name in the by-law
Low Density Residential - Small Lot
By-law
Zoning By-law 05-200
Zone group
Residential Zones
Polygons
625
Hectares
972
With a special exception
14
With a holding provision
0
Neighbourhoods
44
R1a zones under By-law 05-20036 of 625 zone polygons drawn, largest first.R1a · Delta West · 146.792 haR1a · Homeside · 65.038 haR1a · Crown Point East · 61.713 haR1a · Gibson · 55.632 haR1a · St. Clair · 52.791 haR1a · Westdale South · 42.175 haR1a · Crown Point West · 39.268 haR1a · Stipeley · 34.818 haR1a · Landsdale · 30.948 haR1a · Kirkendall North · 30.935 haR1a · Strathcona · 30.86 haR1a · Kirkendall South · 20.392 haR1a · Glanbrook planning unit 4200 · 19.122 haR1a · Crown Point West · 18.254 haR1a · Kirkendall North · 14.94 haR1a · Stinson · 11.817 haR1a · Landsdale · 10.957 haR1a · Stipeley · 10.763 haR1a · special exception 867 · Glanbrook planning unit 4200 · 10.294 haR1a · Homeside · 9.586 haR1a · Industrial Sector A And Keith · 9.151 haR1a · Homeside · 9.002 haR1a · Flamborough planning unit 1400 · 8.867 haR1a · Guernsey · 8.595 haR1a · Industrial Sector E · 8.152 haR1a · Guernsey · 8.057 haR1a · Gourley · 6.122 haR1a · special exception 869 · Glanbrook planning unit 4200 · 6.117 haR1a · South Meadow · 6.06 haR1a · Crown Point West · 5.972 haR1a · Durand · 5.535 haR1a · Industrial Sector E · 4.633 haR1a · Strathcona · 3.946 haR1a · Flamborough planning unit 1400 · 3.932 haR1a · Kirkendall North · 3.809 haR1a · Bayview · 3.764 ha
R1a zone polygons (By-law 05-200)The outline is the City of Hamilton boundary.

The 589 smallest polygons are too small to see at this scale and are not drawn; every polygon is counted.


Where R1a applies

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

And 24 more neighbourhoods.

Wards: Ward 3 (338), Ward 1 (102), Ward 4 (68), Ward 2 (51), Ward 10 (15), Ward 15 (14), Ward 8 (7), Ward 7 (6), Ward 9 (6), Ward 11 (6), Ward 13 (6), Ward 6 (4), Ward 12 (1), Ward 14 (1).


Exceptions, holding and other markers

The markers the layer records on R1a polygons. Their terms are written only in the by-law; each line says where.

Special exception (14 polygons)
869 (×3), 865 (×2), 866 (×2), 845, 867, 868, 910, 911, 918, 921The City's guide to the by-law: a special exception's terms are in Schedule C – Special Exceptions. Read it

What the zone permits

The permitted uses and regulations for R1a are set out in Section 15.2, 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 15.2, 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.