The nearest public library to Gilkson is Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch, 2.4 km away
The library figures on this page are Hamilton’s: Hamilton public library serves all 592,000 people of the city, Gilkson among them. In 2024 it lent 4.1 items for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C+Civic life#337 of 866 in OntarioGilkson’s civic life grade, input by input
With a C+, Gilkson ranks #337 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Gilkson: 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.
891 registered charities are based in Hamilton, by mailing address
There is no count for Gilkson on its own: the charities are those of all of Hamilton. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.4; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
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.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 52,610 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Hamilton public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
The nearest library is 2.4 km from Gilkson
In order of distance from the centre of Gilkson, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A busy library may owe some of its visits to people who live outside Gilkson; the figure can’t tell them apart.
Questions about the library and civic life in Gilkson
Does Gilkson have a public library?
Not within Gilkson itself: the closest is Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch, in Buchanan.
How busy is Hamilton public library?
The 2024 totals: 2,735,720 in-person visits, 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).