Stoney Creek, Ontario
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Stoney Creek is a community in the city of Hamilton in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was officially a city from 1984 to 2001, when it was amalgamated with the rest of the cities of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth.
Stoney Creek | |
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Dissolved city (lower-tier) | |
Coordinates: 43°13′N 79°45′W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
City | Hamilton |
Established | 1984 (City) |
Changed Region | 1974 Hamilton-Wentworth from Wentworth County |
Government | |
• MP | Chad Collins |
• MPP | Neil Lumsden |
Area | |
• Total | 100.25 km2 (38.71 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 76,382 |
• Density | 693.0/km2 (1,795/sq mi) |
2016 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Forward sortation area | |
Area code(s) | 905 and 289 |
The community of Stoney Creek is located on the south shore of western Lake Ontario, east of downtown Hamilton, into which feed the watercourses of Stoney Creek as well as several other minor streams. The historic area, known as the "Old Town", is below the Niagara Escarpment.
Stoney Creek experienced an increase in residential growth, particularly in the lower city in the 1970s and 1980s, and in the west mountain in the 1990s and 2000s, but most of the land mass of Stoney Creek remains agricultural. The communities of Elfrida, Fruitland, Tapleytown, Tweedside, Vinemount, and Winona serve as distinct reminders of the agricultural legacy of Stoney Creek and Saltfleet Township.[1]