# Dundas

## Dundas in numbers

[$4,979 – $5,5132026 property tax on the average $387,100 home in Dundas3 service tiers, from rural with volunteer fire to urban with composite fire](https://localwire.ca/hamilton/numbers#taxes)[1.42%Dundas's highest total residential rateold Hamilton urban pays 1.56% — services are billed where provided](https://localwire.ca/hamilton/numbers#taxes)[$131,000average household income, 2020Ward 13, from the census · the citywide ward table has all fifteen](https://localwire.ca/hamilton/numbers#ward-life)[19%of households spend 30%+ of income on housingWard 13, 2021 census · the standard strain threshold](https://localwire.ca/hamilton/numbers#ward-life)

Source: [City of Hamilton, How Property Tax Rates are Calculated](https://www.hamilton.ca/home-neighbourhood/property-taxes/understanding-property-tax/how-property-tax-rates-are-calculated)

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[Police](https://localwire.ca/hamilton/police)![](https://localwire.ca/plates/2026-09-11-suspicious-death-in-waterdown-under-investigation.svg)Sep 11, 2026

### [Suspicious Death in Waterdown Under Investigation](https://localwire.ca/hamilton/2026-09-11-suspicious-death-in-waterdown-under-investigation/)

Hamilton Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 54-year-old man found unresponsive on a sidewalk near Dundas Street East and 1st Street in Waterdown on Monday, September 7, 2026, at about 6:22 p.m.

Dundas[Police](https://localwire.ca/hamilton/police)Sep 11, 2026

### [Two Charged, One Wanted in Dundas Shooting](https://localwire.ca/hamilton/2026-09-11-two-charged-one-wanted-in-dundas-shooting/)

Hamilton Police Service issued this release. Local Wire could not retell it without identifying someone, so it is linked here in full rather than summarized.

DundasCommittee**Motion**Aug 7, 2026

### [General Issues Committee approves Multi-Year Service Agreements 14-0](https://localwire.ca/hamilton/2026-07-08-general-issues-committee-approves-multi-year-service-agreements-14-0/)

Council considered a multi-year digital accessibility initiative and related tracking of housing units preserved or lost under service agreements.

Recorded vote: 14 for, 0 against, 2 absent (Ward 3, Ward 11)

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Source: https://localwire.ca/hamilton/dundas/