Photo: The Town of Ajax · CC BY 3.0Ajax Public Library draws 6.4 visits per person served, ahead of 93% of Ontario’s town libraries
Ajax Public Library has 4 branches for the 126,666 people it serves. 6.2 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
C+Civic life#335 of 866 in OntarioBehind Ajax’s civic life grade
Civic life in Ajax grades C+: #335 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Ajax: 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.
123 registered charities give a Ajax mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.9; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses Ontario as a whole: 32.1% volunteered formally in 2023, between 31.0% and 33.2%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
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.
About 15,632 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Ajax Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Ajax’s 4 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Ajax, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Visitors and people from nearby towns are in the count too; how many live in Ajax isn’t recorded.
Questions about the library and civic life in Ajax
Does Ajax have a public library?
Yes, 4: Ajax Public Library - Audley Branch, Ajax Public Library - Main Branch, Ajax Public Library - McLean Branch and Ajax Public Library - Village Branch.
How busy is Ajax Public Library?
The 2024 totals: 812,864 in-person visits, 782,355 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).