Gourley has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch, 1.7 km away
The library figures on this page are Hamilton’s: Hamilton public library serves all 592,000 people of the city, Gourley among them. Loans ran to 4.1 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C+Civic life#337 of 866 in OntarioWhat Gourley’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Gourley grades C+: #337 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. Gourley has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s 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 Gourley 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. 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%
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 all 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 52,610 visits in a typical week
What Hamilton public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The closest is 1.7 km from Gourley
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Gourley.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Gourley or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Gourley
Does Gourley have a public library?
No, but Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch in Buchanan is the nearest public library to Gourley.
How busy is Hamilton public library?
It counted 2,735,720 in-person visits and lent 2,435,516 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).