City Looking to Learn Who Works Where in Hamilton through 2023 Employment Inventory Survey

HAMILTON, ON – Beginning today, the City is launching its annual Employment Inventory survey. A team of student surveyors will be taking to the streets with the goal of connecting with every business in Hamilton over the summer of 2023.

Equipped with mobile geographic information system (GIS) mapping technology and a two-minute questionnaire, this team will provide a much-needed refresh to a city-wide dataset that has not been updated since 2019 due to COVID-19 disruptions. This pre-and-post pandemic snapshot of the city will provide important information to address immediate and long-term planning and development opportunities, while also assisting with monitoring the extent, nature, and location of employment and land use in Hamilton.

Business owners from all sectors have two ways to participate, online via hamilton.ca/employmentsurvey and by providing responses directly to the student team over the summer who will also provide contact information for follow-up should an employer not be available at the time of their visit.

Participating in this project before September 1, 2023 will allow businesses throughout the city to have their voices heard in informing the City’s plans for future facilities and development while also offering essential insight into the types of initiatives that could best serve local businesses and their employees.

All information collected through the portal and through the surveyors will be consolidated and treated as confidential. Insights derived from the data will only reflect general employment patterns and trends and information provided by individual businesses will not be shared.