Hamilton

Hamilton’s Cycling Master Plan guides the development and operation of its cycling infrastructure for the next twenty years.

The City Enrichment Fund supports non-profit or community organizations in seven Program Areas: Agriculture, Arts, Communities, Culture & Heritage, Community Services, Digital (NEW Pilot Program), Environment, Sports & Active Lifestyles. A climate-specific stream is planned to be incorporated.

Hamilton’s Climate Change Impact Adaptation Plan (CCIAP) is an evidence informed, action-oriented plan to help minimize the impacts of climate change on Hamilton residents, businesses and infrastructure. It aims to help those most vulnerable to these impacts, and to help reduce recovery time, costs and health impacts.

The Community Energy and Emissions Plan is a long-term plan to meet Hamilton’s future energy needs while improving energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fostering local sustainable and community-supported energy solutions. The plan includes every aspect of city-wide energy use and GHG emissions, from homes to transportation to industry to waste.

The Hamilton Climate Action Plan identifies an action for the development of a Community EV strategy aimed at achieving the transportation reductions identified in Plan.

ReCharge Hamilton identifies a pathway to net zero GHG emissions by 2050 that increases the resilience of the energy system and improves economic prosperity for all.

City Council approved the Better Homes Hamilton Pilot Program with the objective to provide up to $1 million in loans to homeowners to implement energy efficiency retrofits. The pilot stage of the program targeted approximately 50 homes with each property able to receive a maximum of $20,000.

The City of Hamilton has developed a Complete Streets Design Manual, which was endorsed by City Council in July 2022. This manual provides a set of consistent guidelines and tools to inform the design, implementation, maintenance and monitoring of CLB Streets across the city. The Complete Streets Design Manual provides an expanded toolbox of ways to improve Hamilton's streets.

Hamilton’s Climate Action Strategy is the City’s next evolution in the response to the Climate Change Emergency Declaration. Approved in August 2022, there are several actions the City, and broader community, continue to undertake to accelerate Hamilton’s transition to a prosperous, equitable, resilient post-carbon City.

Fleet Services Green Fleet Strategy and Report provides the Fleet Services Section with recommendations and alternatives actions to accelerate and prioritize climate action in response to the climate emergency and provides direction to decommission all diesel vehicles by 2030 and electrify all vehicles by 2050.

ReCharge Hamilton identifies a pathway to net zero GHG emissions by 2050 that increases the resilience of the energy system and improves economic prosperity for all.

Progress Report will be provided annually to Council.

The City does not have an Urban Agriculture Plan, but has a Food Strategy with four objectives: supporting local food and helping grow the agri-food sector. This Strategy is currently in the process of being updated.

In June 2023, Hamilton city council approved its Urban Forestry Plan update and aims to increase its urban tree canopy to 40 percent by 2050, effectively doubling its current canopy. The City is working on a tree equity study.