Brampton Library - South Fletcher's Branch is Sheridan’s public library
Brampton Library serves the whole of Brampton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 708,210 people, Sheridan among them. 3.4 items per person served went out on loan 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 OntarioBehind Sheridan’s civic life grade
With a C−, Sheridan ranks #779 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 Sheridan.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Brampton mailing addresses hold 645 registered charities
There is no count for Sheridan on its own: the charities are those of all of Brampton. Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.8; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
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.
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.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 35,658 visits
What Brampton Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Sheridan’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Sheridan.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Sheridan
Does Sheridan have a public library?
Yes: Brampton Library - South Fletcher's Branch.
How busy is Brampton Library?
Over 2024: 2,420,134 items out on loan, 1,854,216 visits through the door.
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).