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Hamilton – The Ambitious City
Hamilton is one of Canada’s most diverse on one of the largest infrastructure
and multicultural cities, with one in four investments in the city’s history – a $4
people born abroad. Located at the billion light rail transit system, spanning
economic centre of Canada, Hamilton can 14 kilometers through the heart of its
draw upon nine million people who live downtown core.
within an hour’s commute. With a long
history of welcoming those looking to In 2021, Hamilton was recognized for
build a new life, Hamilton accepts ~4,000
its excellence in connectivity, business
new immigrants each year. It is expected friendliness, and human capital and
that the city’s population will swell from lifestyle, as well as being ranked the
585,000 to 820,000 by 2050.
number two Mid-Size Americas City
of the Future (by Foreign Direct
Conveniently situated 68 kilometres Investment Magazine). Hamilton is
south of Toronto and an equal distance the fulcrum of Southern Ontario’s
west of the U.S. border, Hamilton is a economy, demonstrating a strength in
key transportation hub for the region. a variety of industrial sectors, including
Ontario’s only multi-modal city, Hamilton heavy and advanced manufacturing,
is home to the province’s largest port and culture + media, education,
the largest overnight express cargo airport transportation + logistics, and, of
in Canada. Hamilton has just embarked course life sciences.
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