Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0More visits per person served than 89% of Ontario’s town libraries: Burlington Public Library counts 5.9
Burlington Public Library has 8 branches for the 195,764 people it serves. 6.7 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.
B−Civic life#297 of 866 in OntarioBurlington’s civic life grade, input by input
With a B−, Burlington ranks #297 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 Burlington.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
244 registered charities give a Burlington mailing address
That is 1.2 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%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 32.1% of people across Ontario in 2023, likely 31.0% to 33.2%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of 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 22,290 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Burlington Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Burlington’s 8 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Burlington, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Burlington’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Burlington
Does Burlington have a public library?
Yes, 8: Burlington Public Library - Central Branch, Burlington Public Library - Tansley Woods Branch, Burlington Public Library - Aldershot Branch, Burlington Public Library - Alton Branch and 4 more.
How busy is Burlington Public Library?
1,159,080 in-person visits and 1,309,728 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).