Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Greenstone public library lends 1.9 items per person served, fewer than 94% of Ontario’s town libraries
From 3 branches, Greenstone public library serves 4,309 people. 3.8 visits per person served came through its doors in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
BCivic life#75 of 866 in OntarioBehind Geraldton’s civic life grade
With a B, Geraldton ranks #75 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Geraldton: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
13 registered charities are based in Geraldton, by mailing address
It works out to 3 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.
32.1%
In 2023, 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 31.0% and 33.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 316 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Greenstone public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
2 public libraries in Geraldton
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Geraldton.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Geraldton
Does Geraldton have a public library?
Yes, 2: Beardmore Library and Geraldton Public Library.
How busy is Greenstone public library?
It counted 16,432 in-person visits and lent 8,005 items in 2024.
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).