Hamilton

Spring is in the air! Looking for fun ways to get out and enjoy spring over March Break? Here are my top 9 things to do in Hamilton this March Break- Enjoy!

Spring Tide Bulb Show: The Spring Tide Bulb Show is a journey to an oasis with beautiful flower displays and the smell of spring. March 8 to 17, 2024 – Gage Park Greenhouse. Free Admission & Parking.

Spring Tide Bulb Show

Hamilton Civic Museums: Did you know that a physical or digital Hamilton Public Library card gives you FREE access to Hamilton’s eight City-owned museums? Each person over age five must have a library card for free entry at each museum except at the Children’s Museum, where each person over age one must have a library card for free entry.

Free Hamilton Museum Access

Hamilton Street Art Walk: When you view the city as a canvas, beautiful things start to happen! Hamilton’s street art scene continues to grow and inspire, offering a window into the city’s character and many stories. Create your own self-guided tour for a street-level gallery experience with our neighbourhood guides to just some of the murals to look for in the city.

Street Art Walk

Hike the trails: Now more than ever, we need the healing power of nature. Hamilton’s outdoor playground is here to help you answer the call to get outside. Its vast trail network winds through forests, along waterfronts, and across the edge of the striking Niagara Escarpment. Best of all, these stunning walks are easy to reach and close to great attractions and dining perfect for refuelling.

Hamilton Hiking Trail System

Toronto Rock Game: Always a super fun time, the Toronto Rock Games are played right here in Hamilton at the First Ontario Centre. It’s kids night on March 9th and its a BOGO event!

Toronto Rock Lacrosse

Maple Syrup Festival at Westfield Heritage Village: It’s maple syrup season and the sap is running early! Go check out lots of fun activities over March break at the Westfield Heritage Village.

Maple Syrup Festival

Swim, Gym, Skate: From Monday, March 11 to Sunday, March 17, 2024, additional drop-in swim, gym and skate programs will be available at select Recreation Centres and Arenas across the City of Hamilton. Go on and get active!

Drop-in Swim, Gym, Skate

Nature’s Superheroes at the RBG: Are you ready to meet our super-natural Superheroes?
Some plants and animals look extraordinary to us, but their unusual features usually address the most ordinary of tasks: to reproduce, breathe and move around, sense the world, or find food and safety. From mountaintops to ocean depths, get ready to explore nature’s most astounding adaptations for life in our planet’s most extreme environments. Go check out this intriguing exhibit at the RBG.

Nature’s Superheroes RBG

Hamilton Treetop Trekking: With the village and Discovery courses open for March break, Treetop Trekking is all about fun! Surround yourself in nature while exploring the forest during one of our unforgettable adventure activities. We’ve got something for all ages and abilities.

Treetop Trekking

Hamilton is located less than an hour west of Toronto and known for being one of Canada’s leading industrial centres. There was an unpleasant stretch in Hamilton’s lifeline that saw vacant homes, empty store fronts, unemployment, and crime leading to many thinking Hamilton wasn’t a place to settle down. Traditionally, the local economy has been led by the steel and heavy manufacturing industries. Within the last decade, there has been a shift towards the service sector, like health and sciences. Hamilton is home to the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, the Bruce Trail, McMaster University, Redeemer University College and Mohawk College. McMaster University is ranked 4th in Canada and 69th in the world by Times Higher Education Rankings 2021.

There has also been a major shift towards the arts and entertainment sector with digital media, music, animation, film production and performing arts all considered to be major job and talent attractors in Hamilton. The phrase ‘art is the new steel’ has rung strong in the city forming the physicality of the urban landscape.

Hamilton has seen a huge jump in population and continues to be a city of choice for newcomers to Canada, as well as Canadians leaving bigger cities like Toronto. The federal agency published new annual demographic estimates for sub-provincial areas earlier this month. According to the new data, in the period of 2018-2019, 10,196 people took up residence in Hamilton. The year 2019-2020 brought 11,743 new people and between 2020 and July 2021 there have been 5,375 new arrivals bringing the areas population to a whopping 812,528.

Hamilton has seen it’s up’s and down’s throughout its colourful timeline. What does this all mean to real estate prices in the city? Don’t wait to buy!

Prices will continue to rise with a growing population
The entire six regions of the province are expected to see growth over the next few years – 2022 included – and the Hamilton area is no exception. Ontario as a whole is expected to increase in size by almost 5.3 million by 2046, according to the provincial government’s population projections report. The projected population growth means more people will be looking for housing in the province, putting a consistent pressure on prices.

With so much to do and see, Hamilton Ontario is an amazing place to live!

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Top 9 March Break things to do in Hamilton

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