Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Cochrane’s public library is Cochrane Public Library
Cochrane Public Library serves 3,953 people, only part of Cochrane, so its figures leave the rest out. Loans ran to 8.1 items per person served in 2024. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
BCivic life#72 of 866 in OntarioCochrane’s civic life grade, input by input
With a B, Cochrane ranks #72 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Cochrane, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
18 registered charities give a Cochrane mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 3; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
The 2023 survey gives Ontario one volunteering rate for all its towns, 32.1% (between 31.0% and 33.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
About 499 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Cochrane Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Cochrane’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Cochrane.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in Cochrane
Does Cochrane have a public library?
Yes: Cochrane Public Library.
How busy is Cochrane Public Library?
For 2024 it reported 32,188 loans and 25,948 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).