Hughson Street

HBC is excited to partner with Hughson Street Baptist Church in their efforts to spread hope to the people of Hamilton. If you would like to assist Hughson Street in any way please contact For a list of needs and ways that you can be involved click here

History: The North End of HamiltonNorth End Statistics – Our Community

41% of our community lives in poverty (the poorest in the city) compared to 18% for the city

Twice as many families or individuals in our community are on OW or ODSP

Single Parent Families

59% of single parent families live in poverty in our community

29% of single parent families live in poverty in Hamilton

Children Under 6 years of age

55% of children under 6 in our community live in poverty – 1190 of the 2163 children

26% is the child poverty rate of the city of Hamilton

Seniors

36% of the seniors in our community live in poverty

16% of the seniors in our city live in poverty

Immigration Trends

      40% of all Hamilton’s immigrants live in Riverdale

34% of  all Hamilton’s immigrants live in our community

21% of all recent immigrants to Hamilton moved to our community

14% of all recent immigrants to Hamilton moved to Riverdale