No public library stands in East Garafraxa: the closest, Hillsburgh Branch Library, is 8.8 km away

After it comes Grand Valley Public Library (Grand Valley), 9.4 km away.

No figures to show. The 2024 statistics list East Garafraxa public library, but without visits, loans or cards for it.

Civic life grade

East Garafraxa’s civic life grade, input by input

East Garafraxa gets a D for civic life, #845 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. East Garafraxa has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of East Garafraxa’s overall grade.

D⁻Library visits0 per resident · Ontario towns 4.5 C⁻Charities2.4 per 1,000 · Ontario towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 C⁺Volunteering32.1% of residents · all of Ontario, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

7 registered charities give a East Garafraxa mailing address

It works out to 2.4 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

32.1%

Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Ontario at 32.1% in 2023, somewhere between 31.0% and 33.2%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 8.8 km from East Garafraxa

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of East Garafraxa.

8.8kmHillsburgh Branch LibraryErinDirections →9.4kmGrand Valley Public LibraryGrand ValleyWebsite →9.4kmOrangeville Public Library - Alder StreetOrangevilleDirections →9.6kmHillsburgh Public LibraryErinDirections →12kmOrangeville Public Library - Mill StreetOrangevilleDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.

Questions about the library and civic life in East Garafraxa

Does East Garafraxa have a public library?

The map shows none in East Garafraxa; Hillsburgh Branch Library, in Erin, is the closest.

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).