Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0At 6.6 loans per person served, Mississippi Mills Public Library lends more than 85% of Ontario’s town libraries
The 14,740 people Mississippi Mills Public Library serves have 2 branches to choose from. Visits ran to 4 per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
B−Civic life#256 of 866 in OntarioBehind Almonte’s civic life grade
With a B−, Almonte ranks #256 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Almonte: 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.
30 registered charities give a Almonte mailing address
That is 1.9 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%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 32.1% of people across Ontario in 2023, likely 31.0% to 33.2%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 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 1,124 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Mississippi Mills Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Almonte’s 2 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Almonte, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Almonte
Does Almonte have a public library?
Yes, 2: Mississippi Mills Public Library - Pakenham Branch and Mississippi Mills Public Library - Almonte Branch.
How busy is Mississippi Mills Public Library?
It counted 58,448 in-person visits and lent 97,582 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).