Melancthon has no public library of its own; the nearest is Southgate Ruth Hargrave Memorial Library, 8.6 km away

The next is Shelburne Public Library (Shelburne), 11 km away.

DCivic life#845 of 866 in Ontario

Directions Nearest libraries

No figures to show. The 2024 statistics list Melancthon public library, but without visits, loans or cards for it.

Civic life grade

What Melancthon’s civic life grade weighs

With a D, Melancthon ranks #845 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Melancthon: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Melancthon’s overall grade.

D⁻Library visits0 per resident · Ontario towns 4.5 C⁻Charities0.3 per 1,000 · Ontario towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 C⁺Volunteering32.1% of residents · all of Ontario, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

One registered charity gives a Melancthon mailing address

That is 0.3 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.

Volunteering

32.1%

The 2023 survey gives Ontario one volunteering rate for all its towns, 32.1% (between 31.0% and 33.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 8.6 km from Melancthon

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Melancthon.

8.6kmSouthgate Ruth Hargrave Memorial LibraryDundalkDirections →11kmShelburne Public LibraryShelburneDirections →24kmGrey Highlands Public Library - FleshertonGrey HighlandsDirections →28kmGrand Valley Public LibraryGrand ValleyWebsite →30kmOrangeville Public Library - Mill StreetOrangevilleDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Melancthon

Does Melancthon have a public library?

Not within Melancthon itself: the closest is Southgate Ruth Hargrave Memorial Library, in Dundalk.

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).