Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0No public library stands in Mt. Hope Huron Park: the closest, Kitchener Public Library - Main, is 1.2 km away
Mt. Hope Huron Park 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. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
C+Civic life#635 of 866 in OntarioWhat Mt. Hope Huron Park’s civic life grade weighs
Mt. Hope Huron Park gets a C+ for civic life, #635 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Mt. Hope Huron Park: 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.
Kitchener mailing addresses hold 384 registered charities
There is no count for Mt. Hope Huron Park on its own: the charities are those of all of Kitchener. That is 1.2 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
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 23,595 visits
What Kitchener public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The closest is 1.2 km from Mt. Hope Huron Park
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Mt. Hope Huron Park.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Mt. Hope Huron Park
Does Mt. Hope Huron Park have a public library?
None is mapped in Mt. Hope Huron Park; the nearest is Kitchener Public Library - Main, in Central Frederick.
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).