Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Selwyn Public Library logs 2.5 visits per person served, fewer than 76% of Ontario’s town libraries
Selwyn Public Library has 3 branches for the 18,653 people it serves. In 2024 it lent 5.1 items for every person it serves. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
CCivic life#720 of 866 in OntarioBridgenorth’s civic life grade, input by input
Bridgenorth gets a C for civic life, #720 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Bridgenorth: 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.
33 registered charities give a Bridgenorth mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.6; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 32.1% of Ontario’s people in 2023, give or take (31.0% to 33.2%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 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 882 visits in a typical week
What Selwyn Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Bridgenorth’s 3 public libraries
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Bridgenorth.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Bridgenorth
Does Bridgenorth have a public library?
Yes, 3: Selwyn Public Library - Lakefield Branch, Selwyn Public Library - Ennismore Branch and Selwyn Public Library -Bridgenorth Branch.
How busy is Selwyn Public Library?
It counted 45,864 in-person visits and lent 95,433 items 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).