Photo: Canadian Postcard Company · Public domainAmherstburg’s public library is Essex County Library - Amherstburg Branch
The library is 1.9 km from the centre of Amherstburg. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Amherstburg in particular.
C−Civic life#778 of 866 in OntarioWhat Amherstburg’s civic life grade weighs
Amherstburg gets a C− for civic life, #778 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Amherstburg 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.
33 registered charities give a Amherstburg mailing address
It works out to 1.2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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.
Amherstburg’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Amherstburg.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Amherstburg
Does Amherstburg have a public library?
Yes: Essex County Library - Amherstburg Branch.
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).