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1940-1959
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| 1941 | The Hamilton Labour Council is formed |
| 1943 | The federal government gives workers the right to form unions (January) |
| 1945 | World War II ends (August 14) |
| 1945 | Peller Brewing Company is incorporated (March 9) |
| 1946 | Sawyer-Massey Limited is acquired by Hamilton Bridge Company |
| 1946 | Employees strike at Steel Company of Canada Limted (Stelco) (July 15 - October 2) |
| 1946 | Hamilton Street Railway assets sold to a private syndicate by Ontario Hydro (September 16) |
| 1947 | The Peller Brewing Company factory on Burlington Street and Ferguson Avenue is opened (May) |
| 1948 | Susan Shoe Industries Limited is founded |
| 1948 | The "longest labour dispute in Canadian history" ends at National Steel Car Company (May 1) |
| 1948 | Austin Motor Car Company makes plans to open a factory in Hamilton (August) |
| 1948 | The first Studebaker of Canada car is built in Hamilton (August 18) |
| 1949 | Austin Motor Car Company abandons plans for Hamilton factory (February) |
| 1949 | Otis-Fensom Elevator Company becomes Otis Elevator Company (September 19) |
| 1950 | Hamilton Street Railway puts trolley busses into operation (December 10) |
| 1951 | Last Hamilton Street Railway streetcar completes its final run (April 6) |
| 1952 | Strike at Hamilton Cotton Company (October 1 - November 11) |
| 1953 | Gartshore-Thomson Pipe and Foundry Company Limited is closed |
| 1954 | Studebaker of Canada merges with Packard Motor Car Company to become Studebaker Packard of Canada Limited |
| 1954 | Mercury Mills Company merges with Chipman-Holton Knitting Company to become Mercury-Chipman Knitting Company Limited |
| 1954 | Bridge and Tank Company of Canada Limited acquires assets of Hamilton Bridge Company |
| 1954 | Brading Breweries Limited purchases the assets of Peller Brewing Company Limited (March) |
| 1955 | Mercury-Chipman Knitting Company goes out of business |
| 1957 | D. Moore and Company acquired by Happy Thoughts Foundry; operations moved to Brantford, Ontario |
| 1958 | The Studebaker-Packard partnership dissolves; return to Studebaker of Canada Corporation |
| 1959 | Canadian Cottons Limited closes in Hamilton (July) |
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