Health Inspection Results

Convictions & Orders in Hamilton

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Health Inspection Results

Provides information about the results of past inspections & enforcement activities involving premises located in Hamilton.

Results are summary reports & describe the condition of the premises on the date of the inspection.

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Food Premises

Recreational Water

Personal Service Settings

IPAC Assessments - Congregate Living Settings

Tobacco and Vapour Product Retailers

Public health inspectors routinely visit over 3,200 food premises in Hamilton. When they visit food premises including restaurants, they check for safe food handling outlined in the Ontario Food Premise Regulation. Food premises that are not following the law at the time of the inspection are either given:

a specific time period to fix what they are doing wrong
an Order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, such as closing a restaurant, if there is an immediate risk to patrons

Food premises are fined if they are convicted in court of not following the Ontario Food Premises Regulation or not following an Order. Fines range from $50 for minor infractions to $25,000 per day for a corporation who does not follow an Order.

Turtle Jacks
1180 Upper James
Date of Conviction: July 18, 2022
Reason for Conviction: Store potentially hazardous foods at internal temperature between 4°C and 60°C

We post orders issued under the Health Protection and Promotion Act for three months from the date the Order is issued.

Bad Maash
1385 Main St E, Hamilton, Ontario L8K 1B9
Date of Order: Sept 7, 2022
Reason(s) for Order: Fail to operate and maintain premises free from every condition that may be a health hazard contrary to Ontario Regulation 493/17 Sec 7 (1)(a)(i), Sec 13 (1) and HPPA section 13.

First Stork Deli – Food Truck Plate #090
686 Queenston Rd, Hamilton, ON
Date of Order: Aug 24, 2022
Reason(s) for Order: Fail to provide hot running water in food preparation area. Ontario Regulation 493/17 Sec 7 (3)(b), and HPPA section 13

Tim Horton’s
951 King St West, Hamilton, ON
Date of Order: Aug 3, 2022
Reason(s) for Order: Fail to provide hot running water in food preparation area. Ontario Regulation 493/17 Sec 7 (3)(b), and HPPA section 13

Tim Horton’s
244 Upper Centennial Parkway, Hamilton, ON
Date of Order: Aug 3, 2022
Reason(s) for Order: Fail to operate and maintain premises free from every condition that may be a health hazard contrary to Ontario Regulation 493/17 Sec 7 (1)(a)(i), and HPPA section 13

Public health inspectors routinely visit Recreational Water facilities in Hamilton. These include; pools, spas, wading pools and splash pads, where they check for safe operations outlined in the Public Pools, RRO 1990, Reg 565. Recreational Water facilities that are not following the law at the time of the inspection are either given:

a specific time period to fix what they are doing wrong
an Order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, such as closing the facility, if there is an immediate risk to patrons

When infractions are not corrected by the required time, legal action may occur to obtain compliance. Repeat infractions noted during follow-up inspections or during any future inspections, may lead to legal action.

There currently are no convictions to report.

Stoney Creek Towers – Outdoor Pool
40 Grandville Ave, Hamilton
Date of Order: Aug 29, 2022
Reason(s) for Order: In the case of a public pool, every owner and every operator, other than an owner and operator of a modified pool or a wave action pool, shall ensure that the pool water is of a clarity to permit a black disc 150 millimetres in diameter on a white background located on the bottom of the pool at its deepest point to be clearly visible from a point on the deck nine metres away from the disc. O. Reg. 494/17, s. 5. (4), and HPPA section 13.

St. Elizabeth Village - Spa
391 Rymal Rd. Hamilton
Date of Order: Aug 18, 2022
Reason(s) for Order: Every owner and every operator of a public pool or public spa shall ensure that the pool or spa water is treated with chlorine, a chlorine compound or a bromine compound by means of a chemical feeder, and is maintained so that in every part of the pool or spa, at all times during the daily use period, Ontario Regulation 565/90 Sec 5 (8)(a)(b), and HPPA section 13.

Chedoke Outdoor Pool
90 West 25th St. Hamilton
Date of Order: August 10, 2022
Reason(s) for Order: Every owner and every operator of a public pool or public spa shall ensure that the pool or spa water is treated with chlorine, a chlorine compound or a bromine compound by means of a chemical feeder, and is maintained so that in every part of the pool or spa, at all times during the daily use period, Ontario Regulation 565/90 Sec 5 (8)(b)(c), and HPPA section 13.

Stoney Creek Towers I – Indoor Pool
40 Grandville Rd. Hamilton
Date of Order: July 26, 2022
Reason(s) for Order: Every owner and every operator of a public pool or public spa shall ensure that the pool or spa water is treated with chlorine, a chlorine compound or a bromine compound by means of a chemical feeder, and is maintained so that in every part of the pool or spa, at all times during the daily use period, Ontario Regulation 565/90 Sec 5 (8)(c), and HPPA section 13

St. Elizabeth Village - Spa
391 Rymal Rd. Hamilton
Date of Order: June 27, 2022
Reason(s) for Order: Every owner and every operator of a public pool or public spa shall ensure that the pool or spa water is treated with chlorine, a chlorine compound or a bromine compound by means of a chemical feeder, and is maintained so that in every part of the pool or spa, at all times during the daily use period, Ontario Regulation 565/90Sec 5(8)(b)(c), and HPPA section 13.

St. Elizabeth Village - Indoor Pool
391 Rymal Rd. Hamilton
Date of Order: June 27, 2022
Reason(s) for Order: In the case of a public pool, every owner and every operator, other than an owner and operator of a modified pool or a wave action pool, shall ensure that the pool water is of a clarity to permit a black disc 150 millimetres in diameter on a white background located on the bottom of the pool at its deepest point to be clearly visible from a point on the deck nine metres away from the disc. O. Reg. 494/17, s. 5.(4), and HPPA section 13.

Twenty Place - Spa
20 Sunibel Dr. Hamilton
Date of Order: June 27, 2022
Reason(s)for Order: Every owner and every operator of a public pool or public spa shall ensure that the pool or spa water is treated with chlorine, a chlorine compound or a bromine compound by means of a chemical feeder, and is maintained so that in every part of the pool or spa, at all times during the daily use period, Ontario Regulation 565/90Sec 5(8)(c), and HPPA section 13.

Public Health Services works with owners/operators and staff of Personal Service Settings to ensure that they follow safe practices to reduce the risk of transmission of blood borne infection. During an inspection, public health inspectors check for compliance with Ontario Regulation 136/18: Personal Service Settings and use education to help businesses comply with the regulation.

When infractions are not corrected by the required time, legal action may occur to obtain compliance. Repeat infractions noted during follow-up inspections or during any future inspections, may lead to legal action.

Below is a list of Personal Service Settings where an offence occurred and the owner or operator was charged and convicted. Convictions will be posted online for two years from the conviction date.

No convictions at this time

Public Health Services works with owners/operators and staff of Congregate Living Settings to ensure that they follow safe Infection Prevention and Control practices to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases. During an assessment, public health inspectors check for compliance under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter H.7 and use education to help businesses comply with the Act.

When items are not corrected to meet best practice by the required time, legal action may occur to obtain compliance. Repeat infractions noted during follow-up assessments or during any future assessments, may lead to legal action.

We post orders issued under the Health Protection and Promotion Act for three months from the date the Order ceased to be in effect.

Tobacco Enforcement Officers routinely visit tobacco and/or vapour product vendors in Hamilton. When they visit vendors selling tobacco and/or vapour products they check compliance with the Smoke-Free Ontario Act. Anyone who is non-compliant with the rules set out in the Smoke-Free Ontario Act can be charged with an offence.

Disclaimer: Prospective buyers of tobacco retail dealer premises are strongly encouraged to contact the local Public Health Unit to confirm premises conviction history. A premises with two or more tobacco sales convictions against any owner (past or present) at that address within a five-year period is subject to a Notice of Prohibition Against the Sale, Storage and Delivery of Tobacco Products (known as an automatic prohibition or “AP”).

Section 22 of the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 (SFOA, 2017) states that upon becoming aware that there are two or more convictions against any owner for tobacco sales offences committed at the same place within a five-year period, the Ministry of Health (MOH) shall notify the owner(s) or occupant of the place that the sale, storage, and delivery of tobacco products is prohibited at the place.

The MOH accepts requests from Public Health Units for automatic prohibitions where owner(s) of the business was/were convicted of tobacco sales offences on two occasions within a five year period. The SFOA, 2017 convictions report published on Public Health Units’ websites lists all owner related tobacco sales convictions that are eligible for an automatic prohibition. Please note that automatic prohibitions do not apply to vapour products sales convictions.

Date modified

September 29, 2022