Photo: Drozwik Drones · CC BY 3.0At 6.8 loans per person served, Clarington Public Library lends more than 87% of Ontario’s town libraries
From 3 branches, Clarington Public Library serves 110,891 people. Visits ran to 3.5 per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
CCivic life#720 of 866 in OntarioWhat Bowmanville’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Bowmanville grades C: #720 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Bowmanville.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
116 registered charities are based in Bowmanville, by mailing address
That is 1 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
32.1% of people in Ontario did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 31.0% and 33.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of 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 7,386 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Clarington Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
3 public libraries in Bowmanville
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Bowmanville.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Bowmanville
Does Bowmanville have a public library?
Yes, 3: Clarington Public Library - Bowmanville Branch, Clarington Public Library - Courtice Branch and Clarington Public Library - Newcastle Branch.
How busy is Clarington Public Library?
The 2024 totals: 384,072 in-person visits, 749,163 loans.
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).