Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Adelaide-Metcalfe has no public library of its own; the nearest is Middlesex County Library - Strathroy, 2.3 km away
The next is Middlesex County Library - Coldstream (Middlesex Centre), 14 km away. No library board reports for Adelaide-Metcalfe alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
C−Civic life#765 of 866 in OntarioWhat Adelaide-Metcalfe’s civic life grade weighs
Adelaide-Metcalfe gets a C− for civic life, #765 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Adelaide-Metcalfe has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
One registered charity gives a Adelaide-Metcalfe mailing address
That is 0.3 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%
One figure covers all of Ontario: in 2023, 32.1% of its people gave time to an organization (between 31.0% and 33.2%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 2.3 km from Adelaide-Metcalfe
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Adelaide-Metcalfe.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.
Questions about the library and civic life in Adelaide-Metcalfe
Does Adelaide-Metcalfe have a public library?
There isn’t one in Adelaide-Metcalfe; people there use libraries such as Middlesex County Library - Strathroy, in Strathroy.
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).