Photo: P199 · Public domainLaurentian Hills Public Library draws 0.7 visits per person served, behind 98% of Ontario’s town libraries
Laurentian Hills Public Library serves 2,961 people from 2 branches. 2.2 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.
C+Civic life#676 of 866 in OntarioChalk River’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Chalk River grades C+: #676 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Chalk River: 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.
2 registered charities give a Chalk River mailing address
That is 0.6 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
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.
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.
About 42 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Laurentian Hills Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
2 public libraries in Chalk River
In order of distance from the centre of Chalk River, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Chalk River
Does Chalk River have a public library?
Yes, 2: Laurentian Hills Public Library - Chalk River Branch and Laurentian Hills Public Library - Point Alexander Branch.
How busy is Laurentian Hills Public Library?
For 2024 it reported 6,510 loans and 2,184 in-person visits.
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).