Photo: Akos Kokai · CC BY 2.0Parkview West has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Parkdale Branch, 1.6 km away
Hamilton public library serves the whole of Hamilton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 592,000 people, Parkview West among them. In 2024 it lent 4.1 items for every person it serves. 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 Parkview West’s civic life grade
With a C+, Parkview West ranks #337 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. 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 Parkview West.
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 Parkview 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%
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
What Hamilton public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The nearest library is 1.6 km from Parkview West
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Parkview 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 Parkview West itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Parkview West
Does Parkview West have a public library?
Not within Parkview West itself: the closest is Hamilton Public Library - Parkdale Branch, in Mcquesten West.
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).