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Ronald McDonald House Hamilton is located on the corner of Main St. W. and Cootes Dr. across the street from McMaster Children’s Hospital.

Ronald McDonald House Hamilton
Kids Care Oncology, Central West Ontario
1510 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 1E3

Telephone: (905) 521-9983
Fax: (905) 521-9515
Email: info@rmhhamilton.ca
Website: www.rmhhamilton.ca

Directions to Hamilton’s Ronald McDonald House

From Toronto, Oakville, Burlington

• Take Highway 403 to the Highway 8 West Main Street exit.
• At the traffic lights at the top of the ramp turn left onto Main Street West.
• Stay in the middle lane and you will pass McMaster Hospital and McMaster University and Cootes Drive on your right.
• The House is located at the corner of Main Street and Cootes Drive on your right (1510 Main Street West).

Transit options: GO Transit offers some excellent public transit service right to the front of the McMaster University campus which is less than a block from Ronald McDonald House. The Hwy. 407 GO Bus service operates on weekdays and serves three carpool lots on the 407 (Dundas St., Bronte Rd. and Trafalgar Rd.), Square One in Mississauga, Bramalea, York University, Thornhill, Scarborough and Pickering. Weekday GO Bus service between McMaster and the Burlington GO station connects with GO Trains on the Lakeshore line. Express GO bus service from downtown Toronto gets you a 5 minute walk to Ronald McDonald House. Check out www.gotransit.com for details. Burlington Transit's #1 Plains-Fairview bus travels from the Appleby GO Station to downtown Hamilton, where you can transfer to a Mac-bound HSR (local Hamilton) bus. See www.burlington.ca and www.hamilton.ca/HSR for details.

From the Hamilton Airport

• Take Airport Road until it turns into Butter Road.
• Turn right from Butter Road onto Fiddler's Green Road.
• Take the Highway 403 Eastbound exit from Fiddler's Green Road.
• Proceed along 403 East to the Aberdeen Street exit.
• Make a left onto Longwood Road and take it to Main Street West.
• Turn left onto Main Street West and stay in the middle lane.
• You will pass McMaster Hospital and McMaster University and Cootes Drive on your right.
• The House is located at the corner of Main Street and Cootes Drive on your right (1510 Main Street West).

Transit options: Hamilton’s municipal transit system services the John C. Munro International Airport. See http://www.mcmaster.ca/sustainability/at_transit.html for further details.

From the Niagara Peninsula

• Follow the Queen Elizabeth Way over the Skyway Bridge as though going to Toronto.
• Take Highway 403 towards Hamilton.
• Exit at the Highway 8 West Main Street exit in Hamilton.
• At the traffic lights at the top of the ramp turn left onto Main Street West.
• Stay in the middle lane and you will pass McMaster Hospital and McMaster University and Cootes Drive on your right.
• The House is located at the corner of Main Street and Cootes Drive on your right (1510 Main Street West).

Transit options: Coach Canada offers service from Niagara Falls and St. Catharines to downtown Hamilton, with stops in a number of Niagara communities. From the downtown Hamilton bus terminal you can catch an HSR (local Hamilton) bus which will take you to the front of McMaster campus. The "University 51" route operates on weekdays only and departs from the bus station. The "West Hamilton 5C", which runs on weekdays and weekends, has a stop at the corner of John and Jackson Sts. a block from the bus terminal. Both of these HSR routes stop at the McMaster campus. Visit www.coachcanada.com and www.hamilton.ca/HSR for details.

From Kitchener/Waterloo

• Take Highway 8 into the Town of Dundas.
• Proceed along King Street straight through the town and this will become Cootes Drive.
• From Cootes Drive make a right onto Main Street West.
• The House is located at 1510 Main Street West and is the first right after the turn onto Main Street West.

Transit options: Coach Canada's service from Kitchener and Cambridge, with stops in Sheffield, Rockton and West Flamborough, stops in front of McMaster at Main & Emerson streets. Visit www.coachcanada.com for more information.

From Brantford and London

• From Brantford travel on Highway 403 to the Aberdeen Street exit.
• Make a left onto Longwood Road and then a left onto Main Street West.
• Stay in the middle lane and you will pass McMaster Hospital and McMaster University and Cootes Drive on your right.
• The House is located at the corner of Main Street and Cootes Drive on your right (1510 Main Street West).

Transit options: Greyhound offers service from London, Ingersoll, Woodstock, Paris and Brantford directly to the McMaster. Get details by calling 1-800-661-8747.