Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Brantford has 3 public library branches
Brantford Public Library counts 104,688 people in its service area. In 2024 it lent 3.9 items for every person it serves. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
B−Civic life#82 of 866 in OntarioWhat Brantford’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Brantford grades B−: #82 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. Brantford 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.
222 registered charities give a Brantford mailing address
That is 1.8 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%
One figure covers all of Ontario: in 2023, 32.1% of its people gave time to an organization (between 31.0% and 33.2%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 1 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 9,345 visits
What Brantford Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Brantford’s 3 public libraries
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Brantford.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Brantford or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
- Per person served. Rather than Brantford’s census count, the rates use the population the library board says it serves.
Questions about the library and civic life in Brantford
Does Brantford have a public library?
Yes, 3: Brantford Public Library - Main Branch, Brantford Public Library - St. Paul Branch and Middlesex County Library.
How busy is Brantford Public Library?
Over 2024: 407,239 items out on loan, 485,940 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).