No public library stands in Riverdale East: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Saltfleet Branch, is 0.8 km away
Riverdale East 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. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C+Civic life#337 of 866 in OntarioRiverdale East’s civic life grade, input by input
Riverdale East 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 Riverdale East.
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 Riverdale East 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
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 0.8 km from Riverdale East
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Riverdale East.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Riverdale East’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Riverdale East
Does Riverdale East have a public library?
None is mapped in Riverdale East; the nearest is Hamilton Public Library - Saltfleet Branch, in Stoney Creek.
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).