Photo: Nicholas4343 · CC BY-SA 3.0At 5.6 visits per person served, Atikokan public library is busier than 85% of Ontario’s town libraries
Atikokan public library serves 2,642 people. Its borrowers took out 2.9 items per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
A−Civic life#1 of 866 in OntarioAtikokan’s civic life grade, input by input
Atikokan gets a A− for civic life, #1 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Atikokan: 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.
18 registered charities are based in Atikokan, by mailing address
That is 6.4 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%
Between 31.0% and 33.2% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023, 32.1% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 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 285 visits
What Atikokan public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Atikokan or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Atikokan
Does Atikokan have a public library?
No public library is mapped in Atikokan or within 60 km.
How busy is Atikokan public library?
Its 2024 report counts 14,820 visits in person and 7,596 items lent.
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).