Photo: Boxcarphilly · CC BY 3.0The nearest public library to Amaranth is Shelburne Public Library, 9.8 km away
The next is Orangeville Public Library - Alder Street (Orangeville), 12 km away.
DCivic life#845 of 866 in OntarioBehind Amaranth’s civic life grade
Amaranth gets a D for civic life, #845 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Amaranth.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
3 registered charities are based in Amaranth, by mailing address
It works out to 0.6 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
The whole province shares one estimate: 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023 (between 31.0% and 33.2%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 9.8 km from Amaranth
In order of distance from the centre of Amaranth, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Amaranth
Does Amaranth have a public library?
None is mapped in Amaranth; the nearest is Shelburne Public Library, in Shelburne.
Library statistics: Ontario Public Library Statistics, 2024. Library locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Statistics Canada, Open Database of Cultural and Art Facilities (2020). Charities: Canada Revenue Agency, List of charities (2024), charitable organizations only.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).