Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Grand River North has no public library of its own; the nearest is K.P.L. - Grand River Stanley Park Library, 0.7 km away
Grand River North is served by Kitchener public library, the library of all of Kitchener, so the figures here are the city’s, for 292,240 people. 4.3 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#635 of 866 in OntarioGrand River North’s civic life grade, input by input
Grand River North gets a C+ for civic life, #635 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Grand River North has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
384 registered charities give a Kitchener mailing address
There is no count for Grand River North on its own: the charities are those of all of Kitchener. It works out to 1.2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
Between 31.0% and 33.2% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023, 32.1% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 195 town libraries in Ontario’s statistics for 2024.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 23,595 visits
Everything counted at Kitchener public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
The closest is 0.7 km from Grand River North
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Grand River North.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in Grand River North
Does Grand River North have a public library?
Not in Grand River North: the nearest public library is K.P.L. - Grand River Stanley Park Library, in Heritage Park.
How busy is Kitchener public library?
Over 2024: 1,268,962 items out on loan, 1,226,940 visits through the door.
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).