Mcquesten West’s public library is Hamilton Public Library - Parkdale Branch
Mcquesten West 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 OntarioWhat Mcquesten West’s civic life grade weighs
With a C+, Mcquesten West ranks #337 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Mcquesten West: 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 give a Hamilton mailing address
There is no count for Mcquesten West 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. 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%
32.1% of people in Ontario did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 31.0% and 33.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 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.
About 52,610 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Hamilton Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Mcquesten West’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Mcquesten West.
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 Mcquesten West itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Mcquesten West
Does Mcquesten West have a public library?
Yes: Hamilton Public Library - Parkdale Branch.
How busy is Hamilton Public Library?
2,735,720 in-person visits and 2,435,516 items borrowed 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).