Photo: SimonP at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0More visits per person served than 98% of Ontario’s town libraries: Arnprior Public Library counts 10.5
Arnprior Public Library has one location for the 9,629 people it serves. 11.6 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
A−Civic life#2 of 866 in OntarioBehind Arnprior’s civic life grade
With a A−, Arnprior ranks #2 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Arnprior: 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.
33 registered charities are based in Arnprior, by mailing address
It works out to 2.9 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
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.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 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 1,944 visits
What Arnprior Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Arnprior’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Arnprior.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A library’s visits include people from neighbouring towns and visitors; the statistics don’t say how many come from Arnprior itself.
- Per person served. Each rate divides by the people the library reports serving, which need not match Arnprior’s census population.
Questions about the library and civic life in Arnprior
Does Arnprior have a public library?
Yes: Arnprior Public Library.
How busy is Arnprior Public Library?
Over 2024: 111,566 items out on loan, 101,088 visits through the door.
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).