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Hamilton Signature Sign
On Friday April 27, 2018 Mayor Fred Eisenberger hosted the official lighting ceremony for the HAMILTON sign. This sign was fully funded by generous sponsors, and fabricated by local Dundas business Hamilton Scenic Specialty Inc.
In addition to bringing some “life and colour” to the forecourt, we have witnessed the sign’s popularity for residents and tourists alike. Since its debut, social media has been flooded with selfies and pictures using the #HamOntSign.
Hamilton Sign Facts
- The sign contains 493 running feet of waterproof LED comprised of 15,000 individual LED diodes with a life expectancy of 40,000 hours; with sign lighting is controlled by 96 channels of DMX control.
- The average electrical consumption is 600 watts which is about equal to the wattage of a small coffee maker; at an average hydro rate of 10 cents per kilowatt hour, the sign will cost on about 6 cents per hour to run.
- The sign is 60 feet long by 6 feet deep with letters at 90” tall and 24” deep and weighs approximately 9700 pounds.
- The base and letter structure is all aluminum and contains 2,450 running feet of aluminum framing material.
- The sign contains 4800 screws and bolts and 45 sheets of internal aluminum reinforcement plate and 45 sheets of exterior aluminum composite panelling.
Lighting Schedule
January
January 1
New Year's Day
Colour: Multicolour
January 21
Alenander Day
Colour: Blue
January 23 to 26
Alzheimer's Awareness Month
Colour: Purple
January 27
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Colour: Light Yellow
February
February 1 to 3
Black History Month
Colour: Red, Gold, Green
February 4
World Cancer Day
Colour: Orange
February 5 to 7
Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Colour: Purple
February 8 to 11
Black History Month
Colour: Red, Gold, Green
February 12
Chinese New Year
Colour: Red & Yellow
February 13
Lithuanian Independence Day
Colour: Yellow, Green & Red
February 14
Valentine's Day
Colour: Pink, Purple & Red
February 15
National Flag Day
Colour: Red & White
February 16 to 20
Black History Month
Colour: Red, Gold, Green
February 21 to 24
Be More Than A Bystander Month
Colour: Purple & Gray
February 22
World Thinking Day
Colour Blue
February 23
Pink Shirt Day
Colour: Pink
February 24
Estonia Independence Day
Colour: Blue, Black (grey) & White
February 25 to 28
Solidarity with the Ukrainian Community
Colour: Blue & Yellow
February 27 to 28
Black History Month
Colour: Red, Gold, Green
March
March 1
Bosnian Independence Day
Colour: Yellow & Blue
March 2
Easter Seals Month
Colour: Red & White
March 3
Endometriosis Awareness
Colour: Yellow
March 6
Ghana Independence Day
Colour: Red, Yellow & Green
March 8
International Women's Day
Colour: Purple & White
March 11
World Kidney Day
Colour: Orange
March 17
St. Patrick's Day
Colour: Green, Orange & White
March 20
National Poison Prevention week
Colour: Lime green
March 21
World Down Syndrome Day
Colour: Blue & Yellow
March 22
World Water Day
Colour: Blue
March 24
World Tuberculosis Day
Colour: Red
March 25
Greek Independence Day
Colour: Blue & White
March 26
Epilepsy Awareness Day
Colour: Purple
March 27
World Theatre Day
Colour: Orange
March 27
Earth Hour (8:30 to 9:30 pm)
Colour: Dark
March 28
Amyloidosis Awareness Month
Colour: Blue
March 31
Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month
Colour: Red
April
April 1
Limb Loss Awareness Month
Colour: Orange
April 2
Autism Awareness Day
Colour: Blue
April 3
Assyrian New Year
Colour: Red, White & Blue
April 4 to 6
National Dental Hygienists Week
Colour: Purple
April 7
World Health Day
Colour: Blue & White
April 8 to 10
National Dental Hygienists Week
Colour: Purple
April 11 to 13
National Medical Laboratory Week
Colour: Purple
April 12
National Medical Laboratory Week
Colour: Purple
April 14
International Day of Pink
Colour: Pink & White
April 15 to 16
National Medical Laboratory Week
Colour: Purple
April 17
World Hemophilia Day
Colour: Red
April 19
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Day
Colour: Blue, Pink & Yellow
April 22
Earth Day
Colour: Green & White
April 28
National Day of Mourning
Colour: Yellow
April 30
National TAR Syndrome Awareness Month
Colour: Blue
May
May 1
National Doctor's Day
Colour: Blue
May 2
Melanoma Awareness Month
Colour: Yellow
May 3 to 4
Canadian Mental Health Week
Colour: Green
May 5
World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
Colour: Purple
May 6 to 7
Canadian Mental Health Week
Colour: Green
May 8
World Ovarian Cancer Day
Colour: Teal
May 9
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Colour: Blue, White & Yellow
May 10
World Lupus Day
Colour: Purple
May 11
Huntington Disease Awareness
Colour: Purple & Blue
May 12
International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Colour: Purple
May 13
Ehlers Danlos and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
Colour: Black & White
May 14
Apraxia Awareness
Colour: Blue
May 15
International MPS Awareness Day
Colour: Blue & Yellow
May 16 to 22
Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Canada Week
Colour: Blue
May 19
Personal Support Workers (PSW) Day
Colour: Blue & Green
May 23
Victoria Day
Colour: Red & White
May 27
Syringomyelia Awareness Month
Colour: Blue
May 28
Menstrual Health Day
Colour: Red
May 29 to 30
National Tourism Week
Colour: Purple & Blue
May 31
Hamilton Signature Sign will be lit orange in remembrance of the 215 Indigenous children whose remain were found at the residential school in Kamloops, BC.
June
June 1
Global Day of Parents
Colour: Blue, Orange, Yellow
June 4 to 8
Pride Month
Colour: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue & Purple
June 12
Philippines Independence Day
Colour: Blue, Red, White & Yellow
June 13
World Blood Donor Day
Colour: Red & White
June 15 to 18
Italian Heritage Month
Colour: Green, White & Red
June 19
World Sickle Cell Day
Colour: Red & White
June 20
World Refugee Day
Colour: Blue
June 21
National Indigenous Peoples Day
Colour: White, Yellow Red & Black
June 22 to 27
National Pollinator Week
Colour: Yellow
June 28
Pride Month
Colour: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue & Purple
June 29
World Scleroderma Day
Colour: Blue
July
July 5
National Injury Prevention Day
Colour: Green
July 28
World Hepatitis Day
Colour: Blue & White
July 31
Food Day Canada
Colour: Red & White
August
August 1
Gastroparesis Awareness Day
Colour: Red & Purple
August 2 to 8
Gastroparesis Awareness Month
Colour: Pink & Purple
August 9
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Colour: Red, Yellow, Green & Brown
August 31
International Overdose Awareness Day
Colour: Purple
September
September 1
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Colour: Yellow
September 2
World Alzheimer’s Month
Colour: Red & White
September 3
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Month
Colour: Teal
September 4
Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Day
Colour: Teal
September 5
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Colour: Blue
September 6
Dystonia Awareness Month
Colour: Blue & White
September 7
World Duchenne Awareness Day
Colour: Red
September 8
Hamilton175
Colour: Purple, Blue, Light Blue and Teal
September 9
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day
Colour: Red
September 10
World Suicide Prevention Day
Colour: Orange
September 11
Bright Run/Breast Cancer Research
Colour: Pink
September 12
National Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
Colour: Green
September 15
World Lymphoma Awareness Day
Colour: Red
September 17 to 19
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
Colour: Red & Blue
September 21
World Alzheimer's Day
Colour: Blue
September 22 to 24
World Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
Colour: Green
September 25
Franco-Ontarian Day
Colour: Green & White
September 26 to 28
Craniofacial Acceptance Month
Colour: Red, Yellow, Blue
September 29
Soroptimist International celebrates it's 100th Anniversary on Oct. 3
Colour: Blue
September 30
National Truth and Reconciliation Day and Orange Shirt Day - Every Child Matters
Remembering the victims and survivors of residential schools
Colour: Orange
October
October 1
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Colour: Pink
October 2
Wrongful Conviction Day
Colour: Yellow & White
October 3 to 4
Islamic Heritage Month 2021
Colour: Green
October 6
World Cerebral Palsy Day
Colour: Orange
October 7
Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day
Colour: Teal
October 8
International Dyslexia Awareness Month
Colour: Red
October 10
World Mental Health Day
Colour: Purple
October 13
World Thrombosis Day
Colour: Red & Blue
October 17
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Colour: Red
October 24 to 31
Canadian Down Syndrome Week
Colour: Blue & Tellow
October 25
Dysautonomia Awareness Month
Colour: Turquoise
October 26
Ontario Dress Purple Day
Colour: Purple
October 27
National Duty Counsel Day
Colour: Red & White
October 28 to 29
RETT Syndrome Awareness Month
Colour: Purple
October 30
Food Allergy Day
Colour: Teal
October 31
Halloween
Colour: Orange, Black, Green & Purple
November
November 1 to 3
MADD Red Ribbon Campaign
Colour: Red
November 4
Diwali
Colour: Red, Yellow & White
November 5 to 6
MADD Red Ribbon Campaign
Colour: Red
November 7
Eczema Awareness Month
Colour: Blue
November 8
CRPS Awareness Month
Colour: Orange
November 9
National Microtia Day
Colour: Blue
November 10
Neuroendocrine (NET) Cancer Awareness Day
Colour: Black & White
November 11
Remembrance Day
Colour: Red & White
November 12
World Pneumonia Day
Colour: Blue
November 15
Crohn's & Colitis Awareness Month
Colour: Red
November 17
World Prematurity Day
Colour: Purple
November 18
Latvia Independence Day
Colour: Red & White
November 19
Pancreatic Cancer awareness month
Colour: Purple
November 20
National Child Day
Colour: Blue
November 25
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Colour: Orange
November 28 - December 6
Hanukkah
Colour: Blue
December
November 28 - December 6
Hanukkah
Colour: Blue
December 1
World AIDS Day
Colour: Red
December 3
International Days of Persons with Disability
Colour: Purple
December 24 to 25
Christmas
Colour: Red & Green
December 26 to 31
Kwanzaa
Colour: Red, Black & Green
Information about Lighting Requests
Lighting requests for the HAMILTON sign cannot be considered for:
- commercial requests (e.g. product launches, corporate events)
- individual recognition or personal occasions (e.g. gender reveal, birthdays, anniversaries)
- political events or observances
- institutions or professions (e.g. hospitals).
For any questions regarding a specific request not listed above, please email [email protected]
It may have taken a few years to come to fruition, and it was worth it. The HAMILTON sign is a gift to the City of Hamilton in recognition of Canada 150 from the following donors:
- AIM Environmental Group Inc.
- ArcelorMittal Dofasco
- Dan Lawrie Insurance Brokers Ltd.
- Fengate Assets Investments
- The McKeil Family
- Valeri Construction Ltd.
- Vrancor Group
- Losani Homes
-
LiUNA
- Carmen’s Group
- PJ & Joe Mercanti
- The Mercanti Family
- Sam & Roma, Peter & Gabriella, Ian & Lisa Mercanti-Ladd
- Roxborough Park Development Legacy Project
- Sergio Manchia Urbancore Developments,
- Nick Carnicelli Carriage Gate Homes & David Horwood Effort Trust
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