No public library stands in Guernsey: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Stoney Creek Branch, is 2.2 km away
Guernsey is served by Hamilton public library, the library of all of Hamilton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 592,000 people. 4.1 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
C+Civic life#337 of 866 in OntarioBehind Guernsey’s civic life grade
Civic life in Guernsey grades C+: #337 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Guernsey: 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.
Hamilton mailing addresses hold 891 registered charities
There is no count for Guernsey 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. 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%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally (likely 31.0% to 33.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes 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.
A typical week brings about 52,610 visits
What Hamilton public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The closest is 2.2 km from Guernsey
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Guernsey.
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 Guernsey; the figure can’t tell them apart.
Questions about the library and civic life in Guernsey
Does Guernsey have a public library?
None is mapped in Guernsey; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Stoney Creek Branch, in Fruitland.
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).