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By-law 05-200 · Residential Zones

R4a · Mid Rise Residential - Large Scale

R4a is the Mid Rise Residential - Large Scale zone under the City of Hamilton's Zoning By-law 05-200. It is drawn on 76 zone polygons covering about 119 hectares, mostly in Bruleville, Raleigh and Quinndale. 1 carries a special exception; 2 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 15.6, 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
R4a
Name in the by-law
Mid Rise Residential - Large Scale
By-law
Zoning By-law 05-200
Zone group
Residential Zones
Polygons
76
Hectares
119
With a special exception
1
With a holding provision
2
Neighbourhoods
45
R4a zones under By-law 05-20076 of 76 zone polygons drawn, largest first.R4a · Bruleville · 14.066 haR4a · Raleigh · 9.253 haR4a · Sherwood · 8.785 haR4a · Butler · 4.409 haR4a · Crerar · 4.011 haR4a · Rushdale · 3.831 haR4a · Corman · 3.83 haR4a · Quinndale · 3.762 haR4a · Red Hill · 3.597 haR4a · Kernighan · 3.357 haR4a · Quinndale · 3.35 haR4a · Berrisfield · 3.234 haR4a · Lisgar · 2.571 haR4a · Quinndale · 2.113 haR4a · Riverdale East · 1.999 haR4a · Rosedale · 1.943 haR4a · holding provision H206 · Butler · 1.914 haR4a · Blakeley · 1.889 haR4a · Blakeley · 1.846 haR4a · Berrisfield · 1.8 haR4a · Huntington · 1.697 haR4a · Barnstown · 1.634 haR4a · Eastmount · 1.632 haR4a · Huntington · 1.555 haR4a · Macassa · 1.408 haR4a · Stinson · 1.384 haR4a · St. Clair · 1.32 haR4a · Inch Park · 1.267 haR4a · Glenview West · 1.195 haR4a · Corman · 1.094 haR4a · Landsdale · 1.066 haR4a · Red Hill · 1.043 haR4a · Bartonville · 1.032 haR4a · Crerar · 0.978 haR4a · Corktown · 0.934 haR4a · Gurnett · 0.92 haR4a · Butler · 0.888 haR4a · Ryckmans · 0.847 haR4a · Centremount · 0.804 haR4a · Crerar · 0.785 haR4a · Corktown · 0.758 haR4a · Battlefield · 0.758 haR4a · Corktown · 0.707 haR4a · Randall · 0.705 haR4a · Lisgar · 0.616 haR4a · Central Business District · 0.612 haR4a · special exception 945 · holding provision H207 · Lampman · 0.597 haR4a · Gibson · 0.585 haR4a · Mcquesten West · 0.506 haR4a · St. Clair · 0.505 haR4a · Gersholme · 0.502 haR4a · Stinson · 0.49 haR4a · Hunter · 0.482 haR4a · Sunninghill · 0.48 haR4a · Hampton Heights · 0.472 haR4a · Kirkendall North · 0.435 haR4a · Stinson · 0.43 haR4a · Stipeley · 0.382 haR4a · Hill Park · 0.373 haR4a · Homeside · 0.366 haR4a · Stinson · 0.358 haR4a · Mcquesten West · 0.334 haR4a · Riverdale East · 0.272 haR4a · Macassa · 0.27 haR4a · Corktown · 0.249 haR4a · Corktown · 0.239 haR4a · Corktown · 0.219 haR4a · Glenview East · 0.214 haR4a · Mcquesten West · 0.197 haR4a · Berrisfield · 0.189 haR4a · Crerar · 0.163 haR4a · Gibson · 0.156 haR4a · Stipeley · 0.122 haR4a · Crown Point West · 0.1 haR4a · Landsdale · 0.051 haR4a · Crown Point West · 0.004 ha
R4a zone polygons (By-law 05-200)The outline is the City of Hamilton boundary.

Where R4a applies

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

And 25 more neighbourhoods.

Wards: Ward 3 (16), Ward 7 (16), Ward 6 (14), Ward 4 (8), Ward 5 (8), Ward 2 (6), Ward 8 (3), Ward 13 (2), Ward 1 (1), Ward 12 (1), Ward 14 (1).


Exceptions, holding and other markers

The markers the layer records on R4a polygons. Their terms are written only in the by-law; each line says where.

Special exception (1 polygons)
945The City's guide to the by-law: a special exception's terms are in Schedule C – Special Exceptions. Read it
Holding provision (2 polygons)
H206, H207Schedule D – Holding Provisions. Read it

What the zone permits

The permitted uses and regulations for R4a are set out in Section 15.6, 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 15.6, 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.