This article contains the details of the Economy in the city of Hamilton, Ontario. Nickname: Ambitious City, Steeltown, The Hammer Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: Country  Province Canada  Ontario Incorporated 1846 Mayor Larry Di Ianni City Council Hamilton City Council Representatives MPs and MPPs Area    - City 1,138. ...

By the 1940s, the ecological cost of pollution had taken its toll on Hamilton: heavy metals made fish from the Bay inedible, air pollution made breathing difficult and industrial dumps (notably the Lax lands) contaminated land. People recognized there was a problem, but two decades of economic depression and war left them with no stomach to face the costly investments and social changes to fix it. [[Image:your crap . ... The Great Depression an economic downturn which started in 1929 (although its effects were not fully felt until late 1930) and lasted through most of the 1930s. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Veterans returned to the factories just in time to see the founding strike of Local 1005 of the United Steelworkers of America at Stelco, one of four major ones in 1946. Labour peace ensured by the Rand formula, established by Mr. Justice Ivan Rand when he settled the Ford strike in Windsor, allowed the industrial economy to grow. Studebaker set up shop in Hamilton, shutting down in 1966 as its last car factory. The United Steel Workers of America (USWA) claims over 1. ... Stelco is a steel company based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as is longtime rival Dofasco. ... The Rand formula (also referred to as automatic check-off) refers to a workplace situation where payment of labour union dues is mandatory even if the worker is not a member of the union. ... Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker based on vehicle sales in 2005. ... Nickname: The City of Roses Motto: Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Essex* Settled 1748 Incorporated 1854 Mayor Eddie Francis Governing body Windsor City Council MPs Joe Comartin (NDP) Brian Masse (NDP) MPPs Dwight Duncan (LIB) Sandra Pupatello (LIB) Area    - City 120. ... Studebakers Lazy S logo, designed by Raymond Loewy, was used from the 1950s until 1966 The worlds largest living sign was planted at the Studebaker Proving Grounds, west of South Bend, Indiana. ...

Despite the promise shown in the booming 1960s, signs of trouble were beginning to show. The Harbour dredging scheme (including its associated political scandal) and reports by the International Joint Commission revealed that a few more decades of pollution had all but destroyed the marine environment. The International Joint Commission is an independent binational organization established by the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. ...

In the early 1980s, Hamilton had entered the economic downturn common to most steel towns in the developed world, such as Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, but survived relatively well. But a couple of bitter strikes at Stelco did not help matters. The days of heavy industry were numbered. Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania Counties Lehigh and Northampton Founded 1741 Mayor John B. Callahan Area    - City 50. ...

In the last decade, Hamilton's heavy industry reached a stable level, Stelco has returned to profitability in more recent quarters and non-unionized Dofasco is the world's most profitable steel maker. The Hamilton Harbour Commission continues to report healthy shipments and steady increases. Decreased industrial activity and increased pollution control measures have combined to increase water and air quality, and to allow Hamilton to showcase its fine natural attributes in a better light. For those employed in or relying on the industrial sector, prospects are not good.
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Stelco is no longer under bankruptcy protection. Dofasco is likely to be bought by a foreign company and in addition to being one of North America's most profitable steel companies, Dofasco has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index seven years in a row.

Today Hamilton still remains Canada's capital of heavy industry. Hamilton's north end and east Hamilton (connected by Burlington Street) is Canada's largest concentration of heavy industry, in a province -- Ontario -- that is also the country's manufacturing base. Burlington Street was famous for its blue collar rush hour -- 6:30am, 3:30pm and 11:30pm -- the times during shift changes at the many factories.

Biotechnology cluster

Business, education and government in the Hamilton, Halton and Niagara regions have joined forces to energize existing biosciences strengths and help turn breakthroughs into business success. A regional initiative, the Golden Horseshoe is being transformed into a knowledge-based, economic powerhouse of research, growth and investment.

Golden Horseshoe Biosciences Network

Biggest employers

Main article: List of Hamilton, Ontario Head Offices

• Top 100 Employers in Hamilton Ontario

Cultural economy

As the industrial economy has faltered, the local economy by necessity became much more diversified. However, this process was made possible by decisions taken as early as the 1930s as discussed above.

Attempts at nourishing and spreading cultural economic activities paid off. Dundurn Castle was refurbished as Centennial project. Local TV station CHCH introduced Canadians to Smith & Smith, which featured Steve and Morag Smith (the former better known from his stint as Red Green). The Hilarious House of Frightenstein was a Canadian children's television series which was also produced by CHCH in 1971. It was syndicated to television stations across Canada and the United States, and occasionally still appears today in some TV markets. A quirky sketch comedy series, the show's cast included Billy Van, Fishka Rais, Guy Big, Mitch Markowitz, Vincent Price and Julius Sumner Miller. Van, in fact, played the vast majority of the characters. 130 episodes of the series were made, in one single nine-month span of time starting in 1971. "Don Cherry's Grapevine" began airing on CHCH TV in the 1980's and shot on location on Main street West. CHCH also produced local broadcasts such as Tiny Talent Time and The Party Game. Dundurn Castle is an historic chateau in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ... CHCH is a television station in Hamilton, Ontario that is part of the CH system. ... Smith & Smith was a Canadian sketch comedy series, which aired from 1979 to 1985 on Hamilton, Ontarios CHCH, and through syndication on other Canadian television stations. ... Steve Smith playing his most famous role, Red Green Steve Smith, CM (born 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedy writer and actor. ... The Red Green Show is a television comedy that has aired on the CBC in Canada and on PBS in the United States from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006 on CBC. Reruns currently air on CBC Country Canada and The Comedy Network. ... The Hilarious House of Frightenstein was a Canadian childrens television series which was produced by Hamilton, Ontarios independent station CHCH in 1971. ... CHCH is a television station in Hamilton, Ontario that is part of the CH system. ... Billy Van Evera (1934 – 6 January 2003) was a Canadian comedian and actor. ... Fishka Rais (-died 1974) was a South African born Canadian actor. ... Guy Big (-died 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian actor. ... Mitch Markowitz is a Canadian television executive who began his work on The Hilarious House of Frightenstein as an associate producer as well as portraying the characters of Superhippie and Mosquito. ... Vincent Price on Broadway as Mr. ... Professor Julius Sumner Miller (May 17, 1909 – April 14, 1987), was an American science populariser. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Don Cherry is the name of more than one notable person. ...

Hamilton became a moderately important film and television adjunct of the Toronto film market. Notable actors from Hamilton are Second City Television alumni Eugene Levy, Martin Short and Dave Thomas. All three attended McMaster University along with John Candy. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Eugene Levy Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, television director, producer and writer who is best known for his work in Canadian television series and American movies and television series, especially (nowadays) for his role in the American Pie teen movie series as... Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian/American actor, writer, and producer. ... Dave Thomas Dave Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a comedian as well as an actor. ... John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. ...

It is also a rumour that children's entertainer Ernie Coombs (also known as Mr. Dressup) lived on the Hamilton Mountain escarpment. Ernie Coombs as Mr. ... Ernie Coombs as Mr. ...

Hamilton gave birth or havens to a number of successful musicians of various genres over the years. Jazz-blues musicians The Washingtons were popular in the 1940s, and brother Jackie Washington continues to perform. Folksinger Stan Rogers was born in Dundas, where he lived until his death in 1982. The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra under Boris Brott, although often troubled financially since his departure as Music Director in 1990, achieved wide renown as one of Canada's finest orchestras. The eponymous Brott Music Festival, founded in 1988 is Canada's largest orchestral music festival and is a cornerstone cultural activity of the summer months. It joins the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Philharmonic, Theatre Aquarius and Opera Hamilton as one of the City's the leading arts organizations. Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. ... Jackie Washington (born 1919 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a legendary Canadian blues musician. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter. ... Dundas, Ontario, Canada, held a town charter between 1848 and 2001. ... Boris Brott (born March 14, 1944) is a Canadian conductor and motivational speaker. ...

Among the rock-pop acts formed in Hamilton or by Hamiltonians were: Teenage Head, Forgotten Rebels, Junkhouse, The Kings, Sarah Harmer, and Appleton. Furthermore, Daniel Lanois, a solo artist in his own right and producer for U2, lived in Hamilton and recorded at Grant Avenue Studios. Other Hamiltonians include Saga Drummer Steve Negas, Christian Tanna drummer/ songwriter for I Mother Earth, Lorraine Segato lead vocalist for 1980s New Wave group The Parachute Club, Skip Prokop Drummer and band leader for Lighthouse + The Paupers and Ian Thomas Singer/ songwriter whose most memorable hit was 1973's "Painted Ladies." Haydain Neale, the lead member of Jacksoul, also hails from Hamilton along with Neil Peart the drummer and a lyricist for the progressive rock band Rush who was born just outside of Hamilton in the town of Hagersville. Teenage Head refers to both a band and an album. ... // History The Forgotten Rebels are a punk rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ... Junkhouse was a noted Canadian alternative rock band of the 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sarah Harmer Sarah Harmer (born 12 November 1970 in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. ... Appleton are a British/Canadian musical sister duo comprising of sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton, who were born in 1973 and 1974 respectively to their British mother Mary and Canadian father, Ken. ... Daniel Lanois (born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Québec) is a Canadian record producer and singer-songwriter. ... U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland, featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, rhythm guitar and harmonica; The Edge (David Howell Evans) on lead guitar, keyboards and vocals; Adam Clayton on bass guitar; and Larry Mullen Jr. ... Saga is a progressive rock quintet, formed in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. ... Christian Tanna, circa 1997. ... I Mother Earth, or IME, is a Canadian alternative rock band consisting of Brian Byrne (vocals), Bruce Gordon (bass), Christian Tanna (drums), and Jagori Tanna (guitar). ... Lorraine Segato (born Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter, who was best known as the lead vocalist for 1980s new wave group Parachute Club. ... Parachute Club was a Canadian band formed in Toronto in 1983. ... Ronn Skip Prokop (born December 13, 1946 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian drummer and band leader who was a driving force in Canadian rock music creating seminal bands The Paupers[1] and Lighthouse. ... Lighthouse is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969 in Toronto which included horns, string instruments and vibraphone. ... A Canadian rock band that recorded two albums for Verve Forecast in 1967 and 1968 and appeared at the Monterey International Pop Festival. ... Ian Thomas may refer to: Ian W Thomas (English master of the universe) Ian Thomas, a Canadian singer-songwriter most popular in the 1970s and 1980s, Ian Thomas, an American singer-songwriter active in the 2000s, Ian Thomas, a Welsh cricket player. ... Lead member Haydain Neale Jacksoul is a Canadian band that plays soul, r&b, and jazz music with smooth, funky rhythms and melodies. ... Neil Ellwood Peart (IPA: ) OC, (born September 12, 1952 in Hagersville, Ontario) is the drummer and lyricist for the progressive rock band Rush. ... Rush is a Canadian progressive rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ...

Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music was a 4-CD box set released in 1996 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Juno Awards. All of the sets feature popular Canadian songs from the 1960s onward. The sets were titled for the song "Oh What A Feeling" by Hamilton Ontario rock band Crowbar. From 1969 to 1970, most of the members of the group had been a backup band for Ronnie Hawkins. However, he fired them, saying "You guys are so crazy that you could **** up a crowbar in three seconds!" They recorded their first album in 1970 as King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar. King Biscuit Boy left the band later in 1970, but continued to appear as a guest performer. The Juno Awards are awards of achievement presented to Canadian musical artists and bands; they could be considered the transnational counterpart to the United States Grammy Awards. ... Crowbar may refer to: a tool, see Crowbar (tool) an electrical circuit, see Crowbar (circuit) the name of a musical group, see Crowbar (US band), a heavy metal band who also recorded an album entitled Crowbar Crowbar (Canadian band) Koevoet (which is Afrikaans for crowbar), a South-African run counterinsurgency... Ronnie Hawkins, born January 10, 1935 in Huntsville, Arkansas, United States, is a pioneering rock and roll musician and cousin to fellow rockabilly pioneer Dale Hawkins. ... original singer, harmonica for the hawks, before bob dylan joined their band This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

The Sonic Unyon label started and fostered the Hamilton sound in the early 1990s and continues today as one of Canada's most successful independent record labels and distributors. Sonic Unyon Recording Company is a Hamilton, Ontario-based record label that has put out releases by bands including Tristan Psionic, Sianspheric, Shallow North Dakota, Erics Trip, Hayden, Frank Black and the Catholics, A Northern Chorus and Raising the Fawn. ...

Hamilton hosted several cultural and craft fairs since the 1970s, notably Festival of Friends and Earthsong, which made it a major tourist destination. Unfortunately, these fair trade venues and celebrators of world music declined in quality, with the cancellation of Earthsong, only the Festival of Friends remains, now in 2006, its 31st season. The Festival of Friends, founded in 1975, is the largest annual free music event in the country. Burton Cummings, Lighthouse and Bruce Cockburn have been among the main stage headliners. Certified Fairtrade quinoa producers in Ecuador. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ...

Hamilton also hosts several key venues operated by the Hamilton Entertainment and Convention Facilities organization. Among these facilities is Hamilton's largest venue, Copps Coliseum, a 19,000-seat enclosed arena that serves as the home for the Hamilton Bulldogs(AHL) ice hockey club and routinely features a variety of sport, commercial and concert events throughout the year. Notable artists who have performed at Copps Coliseum include U2, Elton John, Rod Stewart and Aerosmith. Copps Coliseum Copps Coliseum is a sports and entertainment arena with a capacity of up to 19,000 (depending on event type and configuration) in Hamilton, Ontario. ... The Hamilton Bulldogs are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ... The American Hockey League (AHL) is regarded as the top professional hockey league in North America outside the National Hockey League (NHL). ... U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland, featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, rhythm guitar and harmonica; The Edge (David Howell Evans) on lead guitar, keyboards and vocals; Adam Clayton on bass guitar; and Larry Mullen Jr. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John, CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Roderick Stewart (born January 10, 1945) is a British singer who was a member of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces before embarking on a solo career. ... Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, often regarded as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. ...

Further events can be found just down the road at Hamilton Place, a 2,100 seat performing arts theatre located less than a two-minute walk from the Coliseum. Hamilton Place is the home of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and boasts one of the leading architectural designs for acoustics in Canada. Notable performances include the annual festive production of 'The Nutcracker' and a number of internationally-recognized entertainers such as Tom Jones, Bill Cosby, Hall & Oates and Billy Connolly. Acoustics is a branch of physics and is the study of sound, mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids. ... A performance of The Nutcracker The Nutcracker (Russian: , English: ), Op. ... Thomas Jones Woodward, OBE (born 7 June 1940), best known by his stage name, Tom Jones is a Welsh singer particularly noted for his powerful voice. ... William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ... Hall & Oates is the popular music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. ... William Billy Connolly, CBE, (born 24 November 1942) is a comedian, musician, presenter, and actor. ...

Other economy

The growth of post-secondary education — heralded by the arrival of McMaster University in 1930 and the foundation of Mohawk College in 1967 — led to numerous direct and indirect jobs in education and research. The addition of a medical school at McMaster in the late 1960s built upon local health care strengths to such an extent that health care has outstripped industry as the region's primary employer. A massive McMaster University research campus called Innovation Centre is planned for development on the former Camco lands near Westdale. McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 18,238 full-time and 3,836 part-time students (as of 2006). ... Mohawk College is a college in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ...

A business collaboration between a Canadian hockey player and a retired Hamilton policeman began quietly in 1964 at 65 Ottawa Street North. After the player's untimely death in 1974, an ambitious expansion scheme of the retiree's led Tim Hortons Donuts to become an enormously successful food retailer selling doughnuts, coffee and light snacks. Founder Ron Joyce sold the business to the Wendys fast food empire, but not before bestowing his name on Hamilton Place. Tim Hortons [2] (TSX: THI, NYSE: THI) is a fast food restaurant chain founded in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with locations in Canada and the eastern United States. ... Ron Joyce was Tim Hortons partner and first franchisee for his Canadian donut chain, Tim Hortons. ... Slogans 1984: Wheres the Beef? 2004: Its better here External link Official web site Categories: Food and drink stubs | Fast-food restaurants | Companies based in Ohio ...

An enthusiasm for urban renewal gripped Hamilton, as it did most other cities in North America, in the 1960s and early 1970s. Historic buildings, including Old City Hall and the original farmers market, were destroyed to make way for wider streets, more parking and large shopping centres. Hamilton's penchant for one-way streets and synchronized traffic lights, only recently reconsidered and slightly modified, date from just before this period. Blight often stands side-by-side with new structures during urban renewal efforts. ... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ...

Outside the industrial sector, a brutal recession from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, combined with the accelerated tendency to relocate commercial activity in the cheaper suburbs, devastated the downtown core, and many small businesses. Qualified or failed attempts at reviving the central business district included the restoration of the Gore Park fountain, the proposed conversion of vacant office space into condominium apartments and allowing two-way traffic on certain downtown streets for the first time in half a century. A Central business district (CBD) or downtown is a commercial heart of a city. ... There are two meanings of condominium In international law, a condominium is a territory in which two sovereign powers have equal rights. ...

More dramatic and successful have been the greening projects of Hamilton undertaken since the 1990s: the Lax lands on Bay Street North were capped with clay and landscaped into a beautiful park, remediation began at Cootes Paradise in west Hamilton, a waterfront trail linking these two places was built, abandoned railway right-of-ways in both the east end and west end were converted to multi-use paths. Cootes Paradise is a large wetland at the western end of Hamilton Harbour, bordering the cities of Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario, Canada. ...