Alloa has no public library of its own; the nearest is Brampton Library - Mount Pleasant Village Branch, 3.1 km away
Brampton public library serves the whole of Brampton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 708,210 people, Alloa among them. 3.4 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
C−Civic life#779 of 866 in OntarioBehind Alloa’s civic life grade
With a C−, Alloa ranks #779 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Alloa: 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.
645 registered charities are based in Brampton, by mailing address
There is no count for Alloa on its own: the charities are those of all of Brampton. That is 0.8 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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.
Behind most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 35,658 visits in a typical week
What Brampton public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The closest is 3.1 km from Alloa
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Alloa.
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 Alloa
Does Alloa have a public library?
None is mapped in Alloa; the nearest is Brampton Library - Mount Pleasant Village Branch, in Mount Pleasant Village.
How busy is Brampton public library?
1,854,216 in-person visits and 2,420,134 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).