Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0At 2 loans per person served, Chapleau Public Library lends less than 91% of Ontario’s town libraries
A single building, Chapleau Public Library, serves 1,942 people. In 2024 it logged 2.2 visits for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
CCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringChapleau’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Chapleau grades C. All three civic life inputs exist for Chapleau: 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.
Chapleau mailing addresses hold 10 registered charities
That is 4.9 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%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses Ontario as a whole: 32.1% volunteered formally in 2023, between 31.0% and 33.2%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Behind most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 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.
A typical week brings about 81 visits
Everything counted at Chapleau Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Chapleau’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Chapleau, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Chapleau
Does Chapleau have a public library?
Yes: Chapleau Public Library.
How busy is Chapleau Public Library?
People made 4,212 visits in person and borrowed 3,914 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).