No public library stands in Rushdale: the closest, Hamilton Public Library - Turner Park Branch, is 1.9 km away
Rushdale is served by Hamilton public library, the library of all of Hamilton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 592,000 people. In 2024 it lent 4.1 items for every person it serves. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
C+Civic life#337 of 866 in OntarioBehind Rushdale’s civic life grade
With a C+, Rushdale ranks #337 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Rushdale: 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 Rushdale on its own: the charities are those of all of Hamilton. It works out to 1.4 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Ontario at 32.1% in 2023, somewhere between 31.0% and 33.2%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range 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
The year 2024 at Hamilton public library, in the library’s own counts.
The nearest library is 1.9 km from Rushdale
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Rushdale.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Rushdale or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Rushdale
Does Rushdale have a public library?
The map shows none in Rushdale; Hamilton Public Library - Turner Park Branch, in Sheldon, is the closest.
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).