Butler has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Turner Park Branch, 0.7 km away
Butler is served by Hamilton public library, the library of all of Hamilton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 592,000 people. Its borrowers took out 4.1 items per person served in 2024. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
C+Civic life#337 of 866 in OntarioBehind Butler’s civic life grade
Butler gets a C+ for civic life, #337 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 Butler.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
891 registered charities give a Hamilton mailing address
There is no count for Butler on its own: the charities are those of all of Hamilton. It works out to 1.4 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.
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.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 195 town libraries in Ontario’s statistics for 2024.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 52,610 visits
Everything counted at Hamilton public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
The nearest library is 0.7 km from Butler
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Butler.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A library’s visits include people from neighbouring towns and visitors; the statistics don’t say how many come from Butler itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Butler
Does Butler have a public library?
Butler has none mapped; the closest public library is Hamilton Public Library - Turner Park Branch, in Sheldon.
How busy is Hamilton public library?
In 2024 it logged 2,735,720 in-person visits and 2,435,516 loans.
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).