Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0At 0.6 visits per person served, Augusta Township Public Library is quieter than all but a few of Ontario’s town libraries
Augusta Township Public Library serves 7,386 people from a single building. Loans ran to 1.5 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
CCivic life#711 of 866 in OntarioWhat Augusta’s civic life grade weighs
Augusta gets a C for civic life, #711 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Augusta: 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.
No registered charity gives a Augusta mailing address
Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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.
Behind 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.
About 79 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Augusta Township Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Augusta’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Augusta, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Augusta
Does Augusta have a public library?
Yes: Augusta Township Public Library.
How busy is Augusta Township Public Library?
4,108 in-person visits and 10,835 items borrowed 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).