Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0At 12.8 loans per person served, Central Manitoulin public library lends more than all but a few of Ontario’s town libraries
The population Central Manitoulin public library serves is 2,235. It counted 4.8 in-person visits per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
BCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringCentral Manitoulin’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Central Manitoulin grades B. All three civic life inputs exist for Central Manitoulin: 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.
No registered charity gives a Central Manitoulin mailing address
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%
Between 31.0% and 33.2% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023, 32.1% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of 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.
About 206 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Central Manitoulin public library, in the library’s own counts.
The closest is 20 km from Central Manitoulin
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Central Manitoulin.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Tourists, commuters and neighbours all add to the visits, and nobody records which of them live in Central Manitoulin.
Questions about the library and civic life in Central Manitoulin
Does Central Manitoulin have a public library?
None is mapped in Central Manitoulin; the nearest is Kagawong Public Library, in Ontario.
How busy is Central Manitoulin public library?
10,712 in-person visits and 28,500 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).