Photo: XeresNelro · CC BY-SA 4.0Bracebridge Library logs 11.3 visits per person served, more than all but a few of Ontario’s town libraries
A single building, Bracebridge Library, serves 17,305 people. In 2024 it lent 3.4 items for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
A−Civic life#5 of 866 in OntarioWhat Bracebridge’s civic life grade weighs
Bracebridge gets a A− for civic life, #5 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Bracebridge has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
51 registered charities give a Bracebridge mailing address
That is 2.7 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
The whole province shares one estimate: 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023 (between 31.0% and 33.2%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 195 town libraries in Ontario’s statistics for 2024.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 3,751 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Bracebridge Library, in the library’s own counts.
Bracebridge’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Bracebridge, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Bracebridge’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Bracebridge
Does Bracebridge have a public library?
Yes: Bracebridge Library.
How busy is Bracebridge Library?
195,052 in-person visits and 58,055 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).