// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Hamilton?
Hamilton scores 64.4% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #127 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
64.4%
Rank
#127 / 388
Criteria present
45 / 86
Evidence coverage
76.7%
Hamilton's smart city score by area
7 present · 6 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
8 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed
5 present · 6 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
4 present · 3 partial · 4 absent
8 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 1 not assessed
7 present · 0 partial · 1 absent
6 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 5 not assessed
Where Hamilton is strong
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
Where the gaps are
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The City of Hamilton has an official 'Open Data' section on its website and a dedicated opendata.hamilton.ca domain, indicating a government-run open data portal.
https://www.hamilton.ca/city-council/data-maps/open-dataDigital Government Services · Unified online services portal
The 'my.hamilton.ca' portal appears to be a unified online services portal, listing various municipal services such as Building Permits, Business Related Services, By-law, Parking and Provincial Offences, Garbage and Recycling, Taxes, and Water and Sewers.
https://my.hamilton.caConnectivity & ICT Infrastructure · City IoT / sensor network
The Things Network has a community in Hamilton focused on building a city-wide LoRaWAN network to provide data connectivity for devices to connect to the internet.
https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/hamilton/Public Transport & Real-Time Information · Open schedule data (GTFS)
The opendata.hamilton.ca site provides files such as 'GTFS_Shapes.pb', which is a component of an open GTFS feed, indicating that timetables are published in this format.
http://opendata.hamilton.ca/GTFS-RT/About this assessment
Hamilton was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-09-03 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.