Photo: Drozwik Drones · CC BY 3.0Cobourg Public Library logs 8.5 visits per person served, more than 96% of Ontario’s town libraries
The 20,519 people Cobourg Public Library serves have 2 branches to choose from. 7.6 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
A−Civic life#2 of 866 in OntarioWhat Cobourg’s civic life grade weighs
With a A−, Cobourg ranks #2 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Cobourg: 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.
68 registered charities give a Cobourg mailing address
It works out to 3 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
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
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 3,338 visits
The year 2024 at Cobourg Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Cobourg’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Cobourg, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Cobourg or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Cobourg
Does Cobourg have a public library?
Yes: Cobourg Public Library.
How busy is Cobourg Public Library?
Its 2024 report counts 173,576 visits in person and 155,173 items lent.
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).