Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.03 public library branches serve Angus
Essa Public Library serves 22,970 people. Its borrowers took out 3.7 items per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
CCivic life#707 of 866 in OntarioWhat Angus’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Angus grades C: #707 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Angus: 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.
21 registered charities are based in Angus, by mailing address
That is 0.8 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%
32.1% of people in Ontario did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 31.0% and 33.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 1 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 1,738 visits
What Essa Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
3 public libraries in Angus
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Angus.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Angus
Does Angus have a public library?
Yes, 3: Base Borden Military and Public Library, Essa Public Library - Angus Branch and Essa Public Library - Thornton Branch.
How busy is Essa Public Library?
In 2024 it logged 90,376 in-person visits and 85,848 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).