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The local digital gap in Hamilton
1,621 of 2,243 named businesses on the Hamilton map list no website: 72%. Across the 10 Canada cities in the study it is 67%; counting down from the highest share without one, Hamilton comes 5 of 10.
The biggest gap is restaurants: 314 of 486 list no website. The highest share is hair salons at 87%. Supermarkets are the most likely to list one: 61% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Hamilton, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Hamilton, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 486 | 167 | 5 | 314 | 40% | 34% |
| Cafes | 188 | 39 | 1 | 148 | 15% | 35% |
| Clothing stores | 138 | 21 | 0 | 117 | 9% | 9% |
| Hair salons | 131 | 17 | 0 | 114 | 30% | 17% |
| Pharmacies | 115 | 39 | 0 | 76 | 28% | 21% |
| Auto repair shops | 87 | 12 | 0 | 75 | 33% | 8% |
| Doctors and clinics | 92 | 20 | 0 | 72 | 28% | 22% |
| Dentists | 106 | 35 | 0 | 71 | 46% | 24% |
| Supermarkets | 103 | 39 | 1 | 63 | 40% | 48% |
| Beauty salons | 66 | 17 | 0 | 49 | 42% | 23% |
| Pubs | 52 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 31% | 21% |
| Car dealerships | 44 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 16% | 7% |
| Opticians | 37 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 19% | 14% |
| Bakeries | 41 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 32% | 34% |
| Gyms | 36 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 25% | 28% |
| Jewelry stores | 30 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 27% | 17% |
| Pet stores | 38 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 21% | 45% |
| Car washes | 27 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 11% | 30% |
| Bars | 26 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 27% | 31% |
| Accountants | 26 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 27% | 12% |
| Nail salons | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19% | 5% |
| Veterinarians | 29 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 28% | 10% |
| Furniture stores | 25 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 24% | 8% |
| Travel agencies | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 25% | 25% |
| Lawyers | 27 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 41% | 15% |
| Real estate agents | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 50% | 27% |
| Hardware stores | 27 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 33% | 26% |
| Physiotherapists | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 60% | 25% |
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Cite this study
Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Hamilton: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 2,243 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 11 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/hamilton-on/
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