Photo: Michael Gil · CC BY 2.0Alliston’s public library works from 3 branches
New Tecumseth Public Library counts 44,591 people in its service area. In 2024 it lent 4.8 items for every person it serves. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
CCivic life#692 of 866 in OntarioWhat Alliston’s civic life grade weighs
Alliston gets a C for civic life, #692 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Alliston 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.
Alliston mailing addresses hold 60 registered charities
That is 1.2 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.
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.
About 3,215 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at New Tecumseth Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Alliston’s 3 public libraries
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Alliston.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.
Questions about the library and civic life in Alliston
Does Alliston have a public library?
Yes, 3: New Tecumseth Public Library - D. A. Jones Branch, New Tecumseth Public Library - Main Branch and New Tecumseth Public Library - Pam Kirkpatrick Branch.
How busy is New Tecumseth Public Library?
It counted 167,180 in-person visits and lent 212,479 items in 2024.
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).