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Libraries · Ayr

Region Of Waterloo Library - Ayr Branch is Ayr’s public library

It stands 2.6 km from the centre of Ayr. No library board reports for Ayr alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

C−Civic life#839 of 866 in Ontario
Libraries
1
Charities
12
0.9 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Ayr’s civic life grade, input by input

With a C−, Ayr ranks #839 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. Ayr has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

C−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Ayr’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Ayr mailing addresses hold 12 registered charities

That is 0.9 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.

Volunteering

32.1%

Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 32.1% of Ontario’s people in 2023, give or take (31.0% to 33.2%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Ayr’s public library

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Ayr.

How to read these numbers

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 Ayr

Does Ayr have a public library?

Yes: Region Of Waterloo Library - Ayr 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).