No public library stands in Greeningdon: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch, is 1 km away
Hamilton public library serves the whole of Hamilton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 592,000 people, Greeningdon among them. In 2024 it lent 4.1 items for every person it serves. 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 OntarioWhat Greeningdon’s civic life grade weighs
Greeningdon 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 Greeningdon.
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 Greeningdon on its own: the charities are those of all of Hamilton. That is 1.4 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
Across Ontario, 32.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.0% to 33.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
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.
A typical week brings about 52,610 visits
Everything counted at Hamilton public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
The nearest library is 1 km from Greeningdon
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Greeningdon.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Greeningdon’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Greeningdon
Does Greeningdon have a public library?
The map shows none in Greeningdon; Hamilton Public Library - Terryberry Branch, in Buchanan, is the closest.
How busy is Hamilton public library?
People made 2,735,720 visits in person and borrowed 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).