Ancaster
Ancaster is a community in the city of Hamilton in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Ancaster is a community in the city of Hamilton in the Canadian province of Ontario. Founded in 1792, it immediately developed itself into one of the first significant and influential early British Upper Canada communities established during the late 18th century, eventually amalgamating with the city of Hamilton in 2001. By 1823, due to its accessible waterpower and location at the juncture of prehistoric trading routes, Ancaster had become Upper Canada's largest industrial and commercial centre. Additionally, Ancaster had at that time attracted the 2nd largest populace (1,681) in Upper Canada, trailing only Kingston, but surpassing the populations of nearby Toronto (1,376) and Hamilton (1,000).
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Worth seeing in and around Ancaster
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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- 04Redeemer University
Redeemer University is a private Christian liberal arts and science university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in the community of Ancaster. Founded in 1982, Redeemer stands in the Reformed Tradition and offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Health Science, Bachelor of Kinesiology, and Bachelor of Communications and Media Studies degrees.
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- 06Sisters of Mary Falls
The city of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada is home to more than 100 waterfalls and cascades, most of which are on or near the Bruce Trail as it winds through the Niagara Escarpment. Ontario's internationally recognized Niagara Escarpment provides perfect geological conditions for waterfalls to occur, from Tobermory to Niagara Falls.
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Getting to Ancaster
- Airports
- John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 7 km · Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 57 km · Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 106 km
- Toronto → Ancaster72 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · C$11–14
- Windsor → Ancaster268 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · C$36–48
- Ottawa → Ancaster419 km · quickest by air, 5h 57m · C$130–210
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ancaster
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ancaster. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in{{go | name | url | address 43.173611 | long | phone | hours | wikipedia Q1431444 | content=Accommodates major air carriers and tour operators, offering frequent flights to Canadian, American, Caribbean and European destinations.
- Get inA safe and legal alternative is to hitchhike on the on-ramp, providing there is sufficient space for a vehicle to pull over without endangering the driver or passing traffic.
- Get inHitchhiking on other roads in Hamilton (and Ontario) is legal so long as you do not stand in the roadway.
From Wikivoyage: Hamilton (Ontario), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Ancaster – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Ancaster
Ancaster is 11 km from Hamilton, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundasfederal electoral district in Ontario, Canada (Since 2015)1.7 km