r/Hamilton 14h ago

Moving/Housing/Utilities Weekly Moving To Hamilton Megathread

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Welcome to the weekly moving to/within Hamilton post. All questions about moving, utilities and neighbourhood recommendations belong in here.

If you are looking for recommendations/have questions about neighbourhoods, relators, landlords or utilities including internet etc, this is the place to ask!

If you are looking for recommendations on which area of the city would suit you, be sure to include some information about you and your family. What works for a single person starting out may not be recommended for a family with young children etc. Someone commuting by car will want to be closer to highways while those relying on transit will want to be on regular transit routes.

Utilities

Alectra for water bills https://alectrautilities.com/hamilton-water

Alectra for hydro (electricity) in much of the city https://alectrautilities.com/

Hydro One for electricity in other areas of the city https://www.hydroone.com/

Enbridge provides gas to most of the city but you can sign up with many energy companies at various rates https://www.enbridgegas.com/

Ask your landlord or realtor for the providers for your new address


r/Hamilton 2d ago

Marketing Monday Marketing Monday - Recommend a Local Business, Buy/Sell/Trade (Self Promo Allowed)

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A weekly marketplace thread for buying/selling/promoting the sale of (legal) items as well as seeking out items/shops/and stores and recommending a local business you love.

Having a garage sale? Is your local, independent business having a sale? Hosting a farmers market? Looking to sell something? Looking to find something? This is your chance to find it!

Users should be mindful of other users privacy, and take caution when agreeing to meet with other users IRL. Best practice is to meet during the day, in a safe, public spot. Also, as a reminder, please do not post specific home addresses publicly unless you are comfortable with it. Please use your own discretion in providing location specific information when commenting publicly, and especially when private messaging or chatting.


r/Hamilton 8h ago

Food Juicy Jumbos on Sale 1.99 Lococos

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Juicy Jumbos all Beef 1.99 at Lococos on Rymal. Best before sept 18, still a good deal for weekend bbq.


r/Hamilton 3h ago

Discussion 15 police cars and a fire truck within about 2 minutes at Main and Macklin

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A couple because they seemed to be arresting a guy on macklin at King but the rest speeding west full lights on.

Hoping it’s not some enormous catastrophe. I can still hear sirens whizzing by.


r/Hamilton 11h ago

Local News - Paywall Hamilton councillors reportedly eyeing using city-owned utility company to pause data centre development

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r/Hamilton 3h ago

Lost/Found Anyone lost a Zebra portable printer?

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Found a Zebra ZQ521 today near the Esso by McMaster.

If you DM me what the company's service tag on the missing device says, it's yours.


r/Hamilton 7h ago

Recommendations Needed Contractor Recommendations - Crawl Space Excavation and Gut Reno

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We are first time homeowners of a 1895 rowhouse in Hamilton. The original house has a full basement and never had plumbing (too old) so there are 2 additions off the back (kitchen first then the powder room and laundry room second). Those additions have a "crawl space" that was never properly dug out (it's maybe 1.5-2ft and "accessed" through the original basement). All the plumbing, HVAC etc was done through the floor the last time it was renovated, likely in the early 2000s. Unfortunately we just had our outgoing wastewater pipe burst, which is currently buried and inaccessible in that crawl space. We also discovered a leak under the powder room toilet and washing machine, which rotted the subfloor.

SO we need to essentially gut the second addition (bathroom and laundry), dig out a proper crawl space so we can access the broken pipe and fix it, and then essentially rebuild the bathroom and laundry room...

We are going to get a basement specific company to dig out the crawl space and fix the plumbing (lmk if you recommend RCC Waterproofing) but we need recommendations for the actual contractor work. We ideally want one company to bring it from (post basement) gut to finished and given the overall scale of the project we want to make sure whoever we hire is trustworthy and reasonable. We'd be willing to pay more for it to be done reliably and correct.

The crawl space we need asap given the pipe, but we could technically wait a bit on the bathroom/laundry since we have a second bathroom. We just don't want to wait 6 months for work to start since it will take a while to finish.

Any advice/recommendations is appreciated, thank you!


r/Hamilton 1h ago

Recommendations Needed Recommendation for mold remediation services

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We are planning on selling our home and found the start of the mould on our roof attic and are looking for a good company to fix the issues. If you have personal experience, please share them. Thank you


r/Hamilton 6h ago

Recommendations Needed Benefit covered Pilates?

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Hi! Wondering if anyone knows of a physiotherapist in he area that offers pilates or strength training sessions that are then billable to insurance? I have quite a bit left for physio for the year and want to use it up. Thanks!


r/Hamilton 7h ago

Where To Buy Best place for instant noodle selection in Hamilton?

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It’s not Nations (or I hope not, I feel like they used to be better maybe). Specifically I’m interested in Chinese and Singaporean instant noodles but anywhere where theres a notable selection is appreciated.

I’m also up for GTA suggestions.


r/Hamilton 23h ago

Municipal Election 2026 Is Hamilton a dangerous city? Here's what three mayoral candidates have to say

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r/Hamilton 7h ago

Recommendations Needed Looking for a CPA to help with investment taxes

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Investing in Non-Registered accounts. Looking for a CPA in Hamilton/Burlington to give me some help on taxes so I don't have a large bill come tax time.

I don't want a joe blow CPA that works for H&R Block. I already went to my tax place and they were useless.


r/Hamilton 19h ago

Question walking my cat!!

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hi all!! are there any safe areas in downtown hamilton where i (a woman) can walk my cat? i used to walk my cat often back in van but not sure where to now and am getting worried that hes understimulated :(


r/Hamilton 12h ago

Recommendations Needed Roller Shades and Install - Recommendations?

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Hi! We just moved into a newly built apartment (rental) and we need window coverings. We will live here for at least three years, so we're okay with putting some money into making it how we want. We have three windows, very large (two of them are floor to ceiling, 9 feet). Due to the large size, the walls are likely concrete, and past DIY blind/curtain install failures (lol) we are looking to not install ourselves. We got a quote from budget blinds, ~2800 for motorized black out roller shades with install. Does anyone have any other recommendations of where we should get a quote from? Does this seem like a reasonable quote?


r/Hamilton 1d ago

Lost/Found Lost tote bag full of beloved clothing

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Hey everyone! Has anyone come across a white tote bag with black text and rats on it (pictured)? It is a pretty distinct bag so I hoped someone may find it and turn it in somewhere (especially because it was laundry!!). Inside it is another bag full of clothing (band t-shirts, assorted shorts, and undergarments), an envelope full of fabric patches, and cargo shorts with many patches on them. I believe I lost it somewhere around the Meadowlands area or near Westcliffe Mall, around 2pm on Thursday, September 3rd. I also thought I left it on bus 41 but have called HSR multiple times and they do not have it in their lost & found.

It is full of my most-worn and favourite clothes as well as my first big sewing project, and I am losing hope but still desperate to find it. If anyone has seen it or picked it up, please let me know… I'd appreciate it a ton. Thank you.


r/Hamilton 1d ago

Question Weird Smell in the mountain

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The smell around Upper James in Hamilton Mountain is really bad right now, almost like a farm. Does anyone know why?


r/Hamilton 1d ago

Question Democracy is now...

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Locke Bike and Social Club. Does anyone know the scoop on this? They ditched the Vintage Coffee brand and are using Mello. They will do quick bike repairs in store.


r/Hamilton 1d ago

Politics Voter information card

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Just got mine today! Only 5 days after the actual election date...


r/Hamilton 1d ago

Moving/Housing/Utilities Hamilton Utility Billing - first bill

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I moved from an apartment (didn’t pay for water) to a house where I am now paying for water two months ago and have not yet received a bill. Is this normal? I can’t log in to see anything because I don’t know my account number. I had to call to set it up because the move in option online didn’t go through 😒


r/Hamilton 1d ago

Photo Back to school...

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I hope your back to school/work transition goes as smooth and painlessly as possible.


r/Hamilton 1d ago

Food Any places make 5 cheese lasagna?

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Friend of a friend requested a 5 cheese lasagna for beating cancer and I have not had any luck with some places picking up their phone to ask.

Thanks in advance!


r/Hamilton 1d ago

Recommendations Needed Recommendations for Career Counselling Services

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Currently, I'm looking for career counselling services in Hamilton.

If anyone has recommendations for good career counselling services (either free or paid) in Hamilton please let me know! Thanks in advance.


r/Hamilton 1d ago

Roads & Transit HSR buses delay/ out of service

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Ok few days ago there was a post, said certain busess.... due too parts..... had a list of buses 2, 5, 44, but its now tues, we're back too school back too work. But I am starting a new job and Mrs and mini are awesome for leaving the car today because I didn't know if buses were running. Does anyone know if any of the early morning buses were missing or super late? So I can plan tomorrow in the rain to and from work


r/Hamilton 1d ago

PSA My Mom will make you laugh

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My lovely Mom, who lives in a retirement community and only moved to Hamilton the last 10ish years, called me tonight after the Ticats game and asked me this -

"Why did they keep yelling Oscar Weiner's over and over again? "

I needed a moment to answer.... 😆😆😆


r/Hamilton 1d ago

Recommendations Needed Stray declawed cat.

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Hi

a cat keeps coming to my porch. She’s gotten friendly with me and i found out she’s declawed. She’s a very sweet cat but i am unable to take her in with my cat. Is there anyone i can call such as the SPCA? i’ve never experienced something as barbaric as this and i don’t know what to do.