Volunteer-based ethnic associations in Hamilton provide support, programs and activities to increase your sense of belonging and connections in the community. Members often share a common language and culture.
Orthodox Synagogue offering weekly worship services.
Offers settlement services for Afghan newcomers to Hamilton and helps vulnerable newcomers who face additional adaptation barriers to successfully integrate into the Canadian society by offering specialized programs and services.
Promotes and serves the Greek community by helping with adjustment to the Canadian way of life.
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Anglican churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Offers a variety of services and events to promote the personal, social, cultural development, unity and inclusion of Hispanics in Canadian society.
Baptist churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
A local organization for Barbadian Canadians living in Hamilton, providing youth and seniors groups, youth counselling, recreational activities, and general information on Barbados.
Conservative Synagogue offering weekly Shabbat services, both in person and livestreamed online.
A religious, charitable, social, cultural, and educational non profit organization supporting a community of believers who strive to strengthen and preserve the Islamic as well as Bosniak identity in the greater Hamilton and Niagara regions of Ontario. Prayer schedule is available online.
Protestant Church offering weekly worship service on Sunday mornings. Recordings of past sermons can be found on YouTube.
Buddhist Temples in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith-based programming. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Offers a variety of classes and programs to preserve and share Japanese culture and community in Hamilton.
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A seniors’ Punjabi Group, which runs daily card programs at the Dominic Agostino Riverdale Community Centre.
Catholic churches in Hamilton offering worship services and mass times throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Offers a variety of programs to serve and celebrate the francophone community. All programs are geared toward the French community, people in interested in French culture and language, and families of children attending French immersion schools.
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A seniors’ club for the French community in Hamilton. Includes activities and a soup lunch.
Offers a variety of services to assist asylum seekers and people without immigrant protection through the integration and settlement processes in Canadian society.
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Non-profit cultural community centre that promotes Croatian culture in Hamilton.
Also offers facility rentals. Contact for details.
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Offers a variety of programs and sports for the benefit of people of the Croatian community in Canada.
Protestant Church offering a weekly worship service, children’s Sunday school, youth ministry, small group Bible study, and social and recreational activities. Recordings of past sermons are available online.
Social and cultural centre for Italians from the northeastern most region of Italy that offers a variety of cultural focused activities and events.
A festival that shares and promotes Italian culture and heritage within the community. Includes art, culinary, music and literature programs. Also holds various events throughout the year.
Unitarian Church offering weekly worship services on Sunday mornings. Service is streamed live on Vimeo, and recordings of past sermons are available on YouTube.
Christian Fellowship offering weekly worship service as well as children’s Bible study, youth group, and adult small groups. Child care is available during the Sunday service.
Social club for people of German descent and others. The club holds a number of entertainment functions such as monthly dances, Ocktoberfest, New Year’s Eve ball, and annual picnic.
Gospel churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith-based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Greek Orthodox churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Italian speaking seniors meet for prayers, activities, coffee and cookies. Annual summer picnic in July and a dinner event during the spring or summer.
Sikh Temple. Sangat gathers every Sunday morning.
Partners in Harvest church that offers weekly worship service on Sundays. Coffee is offered before the Sunday service. Recordings of past sermons are available online.
Protestant Church offering weekly worship service and Sunday school, and prayer and fasting.
A place of worship for the Sunni (Traditional) Muslim community that also provides community and social services.
Offers a variety of programs and activities to celebrate the Filipino culture. Also offers rental of the facilities. Contact for details.
Protestant Church offering Sunday worship services in English and Mandarin. Services are available online via Zoom.
Offers a variety of programs and activities for children, youth, teens, adults, and families.
Protestant Church offering a weekly worship service on Sunday mornings. Also offers adult Bible study and prayer groups.
Three day outdoor festival celebrating Italian culture and heritage of the Racalmutese community in Hamilton. Features religious processions through the streets of Northwest Hamilton and James Street North. Includes live entertainment, food vendors, bocce tournament, and a children’s area.
Hindu Temple providing weekly worship services for the Hindu community in Hamilton.
Catholic Church offering weekly mass on Saturdays and Sundays in English and Croatian.
Orthodox Christian Church offering weekly mass on Sundays.
Intercultural Community Kitchens are a space where people get together regularly to cook and eat healthy recipes and share knowledge from their cultures. Community kitchens offer the opportunity to meet others and exchange skills in a welcoming environment.
A weekly worship service offered on Sunday afternoons. Includes lunch, a reading, songs in line with the week’s message, and prayer time. Open to all opinions and beliefs, and open for anyone to ask questions.
A non-profit organization that supports Iraqis in Hamilton.
A non-profit social and service club in Hamilton that works for the promotion of Irish culture and goodwill in Hamilton by offering a variety of events, including music, dancing, and snooker.
Meetings of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Ministries in Hamilton. Each location hosts meetings for a number of congregations. Visit the website or contact for details.
Protestant Church offering a weekly worship service on Sunday mornings. Also offers Sunday school, communion, Bible study, and youth groups.
Offers a noon-hour lunch and chapel service with a Christ-focused message designed specifically for street-involved youth. Offers food, music, and people sharing their personal stories. There are also opportunities for informal discussions and questions, and one-on-one chaplaincy support on request.
Christian church offering a weekly worship service, Sunday school, and Bible study. Live broadcasts of sermons and recordings of past sermons are available online.
Lutheran churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Mennonite churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Protestant Church offering a weekly worship service on Sunday mornings and Bible study on Wednesdays. Videos of previous sermons are available online.
Offers a number of islamic worship services at two locations in Hamilton.
Non-denominational christian churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Protestant Church offering a weekly Sunday worship service. Nursery and children’s Sunday school are available during the service. Recordings of past sermons are available online. Also offers youth group, senior’s coffee hour, and men’s and women’s study groups.
Protestant Church offering a weekly Sunday worship service. Recordings of past sermons are available online. Part of the Christian & Missionary alliance in Canada.
Pentecostal churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
A social club for Portuguese individuals and families in Hamilton. Also offers rental of the banquet facilities.
Presbyterian churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Protestant churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Religious meetings for Quakers in Hamilton.
Churches in Hamilton that have Reformed in their name offering worship services throughout the week. Contact for information about the specific types of theology and worship at each location. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Russian Orthodox churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Salvationist churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Serbian Orthodox churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Seventh Day Adventist churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
A fraternal organization of Canadians of Italian heritage with activities focused on service, charity, heritage, and community involvement. Offers social activities and committees for members such as wine tasting, choir, FC soccer club, cooking groups, and charity golf and bowling clubs.
Orthodox Church offering a weekly worship service on Sunday mornings.
Protestant Church offering a weekly worship service on Sunday mornings.
Orthodox Church offering weekly liturgy on Sunday mornings. Service is followed by fellowship and coffee. Special holidays, such as Easter and Christmas, have liturgies throughout the entire week.
Orthodox Church offering weekend Mass in English and Ukrainian.
Reformed Jewish synagogue offering Kabbalat Shabbat services and Saturday’s Shabbat Shelanu. All services include both women and men.
Offers a variety of meetings and community events to promote Ukrainian culture and traditions in Canada through cultural, educational, and charitable activities.
United churches in Hamilton offering worship services throughout the week. Many locations also offer additional faith based programming including youth groups and Bible study groups. Contact or visit the site website to view the services and schedule at the specific location.
Non-Denominational church offering weekly meditation and worship service.
Offers islamic worship services to the Uyghur community, as well as cultural and social gatherings.