Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 2.5Barry's Bay’s public library is Madawaska Valley Public Library
Madawaska Valley Public Library has one location for the 3,927 people it serves. Loans ran to 3.9 items per person served in 2024. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
B−Civic life#85 of 866 in OntarioWhat Barry's Bay’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Barry's Bay grades B−: #85 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Barry's Bay: 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.
Barry's Bay mailing addresses hold 22 registered charities
It works out to 5.3 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
Across Ontario, 32.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.0% to 33.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 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.
A typical week brings about 215 visits
The year 2024 at Madawaska Valley Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Barry's Bay’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Barry's Bay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Barry's Bay
Does Barry's Bay have a public library?
Yes: Madawaska Valley Public Library.
How busy is Madawaska Valley Public Library?
Over 2024: 15,206 items out on loan, 11,180 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).