Sheffield (population 423)[1] is a friendly village and rural community in the single-tier municipality of Hamilton, Ontario. It is located just off Highway 8, on the municipality's boundary with the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. It is 10 kilometres from the city of Cambridge and 35 from Hamilton's downtown core. The village lay on the road between the two cities until 1959, when the Sheffield Bypass was completed. Ontario Highway 8 still follows the route of the bypass; the main street through Sheffield is now a 2.4 km section of municipal road known as Old Highway 8.[2]
Local institutions include North Lee academy, Sheffield United Church, Zion United Reformed Church, and Grace Covenant Church. Local organizations include the Sheffield Lions Club, the Clyde & Scott's Women's Institute, and Sheffield Minor Ball, which uses the Sheffield Ball Park.
Local businesses include a garden centre, garage, farm supply store, veterinary office, golf course, and a modern-day blacksmith & iron works.
Located approximately two kilometres east of Sheffield is the Rockton Aerodrome, a private dirt airfield home to a local gliding club. The Sheffield Community Centre is located three kilometres south of the village in the former Pleasant Grove School. Located approximately three kilometres north-east of Sheffield is a major tourist attraction, the African Lion Safari.
- ^ http://www.ruralroutes.com/orr_city_page.cfm?city=Sheffield Ontario Rural Routes: Sheffield
- ^ http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway8B_sheffield.htm The King's Highway: 8B