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Libraries · G-Section (bramalea)

No public library stands in G-Section (bramalea): the closest, Brampton Library - Chinguacousy Branch, is 1.1 km away

Brampton public library serves the whole of Brampton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 708,210 people, G-Section (bramalea) among them. Loans ran to 3.4 items per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.

C−Civic life#779 of 866 in Ontario
Visits a year
1,854,216
2.6 per person served
Borrowed a year
2,420,134
3.4 per person served
Cardholders
22%
153,509 cards
Charities
645
0.8 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

G-Section (bramalea)’s civic life grade, input by input

With a C−, G-Section (bramalea) ranks #779 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for G-Section (bramalea): library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.

C−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of G-Section (bramalea)’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

645 registered charities are based in Brampton, by mailing address

There is no count for G-Section (bramalea) on its own: the charities are those of all of Brampton. 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.

Volunteering

32.1%

In 2023, 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 31.0% and 33.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

How it compares

Behind most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 3 measures

Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.

Visits per person served 2.6 visits · typical 3.4Lower than 72%
Loans per person served 3.4 items · typical 4Lower than 62%
Cardholders 22% of people served · typical 27%Lower than 68%
Fewer per personMore per person
Who is compared

Town libraries only; regional systems left out.

A year at the library

A typical week brings about 35,658 visits

Everything counted at Brampton public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.

1,854,216
in-person visits
2.6 per person served
2,420,134
items borrowed
3.4 per person served
153,509
cardholders
22% of people served
Every day6,631items borrowed
708,210 people served
Nearest libraries

The closest is 1.1 km from G-Section (bramalea)

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of G-Section (bramalea).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).

Questions about the library and civic life in G-Section (bramalea)

Does G-Section (bramalea) have a public library?

No, but Brampton Library - Chinguacousy Branch in H-Section (bramalea) is the nearest public library to G-Section (bramalea).

How busy is Brampton public library?

Its 2024 report counts 1,854,216 visits in person and 2,420,134 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).