Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0No public library stands in Bonfield: the closest, East Ferris Public Library, is 13 km away
Bonfield public library serves 2,146 people. Loans ran to 4.5 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.
CCivic life#693 of 866 in OntarioBehind Bonfield’s civic life grade
With a C, Bonfield ranks #693 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Bonfield: 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.
2 registered charities give a Bonfield mailing address
It works out to 0.8 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%
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 1 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 122 visits
Everything counted at Bonfield public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
The closest is 13 km from Bonfield
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Bonfield.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Per-person rates rest on the service area the library reports, which may be larger or smaller than Bonfield itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Bonfield
Does Bonfield have a public library?
No, but East Ferris Public Library in East Ferris is the nearest public library to Bonfield.
How busy is Bonfield public library?
Its 2024 report counts 6,344 visits in person and 9,756 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).