Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0Bradford West Gwillimbury Town public library draws 5.9 visits per person served, ahead of 89% of Ontario’s town libraries
Bradford West Gwillimbury Town public library has 2 branches for the 44,125 people it serves. Loans ran to 5.1 items per person served in 2024. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
C+Civic life#605 of 866 in OntarioBehind Bradford’s civic life grade
With a C+, Bradford ranks #605 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. 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 Bradford.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
23 registered charities are based in Bradford, by mailing address
It works out to 0.5 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%
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.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 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 5,020 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Bradford West Gwillimbury Town public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Bradford’s 2 public libraries
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Bradford.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Bradford or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Bradford
Does Bradford have a public library?
Yes, 2: Bradford Library and Thornhill Village Library.
How busy is Bradford West Gwillimbury Town public library?
The 2024 totals: 261,040 in-person visits, 223,611 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).