Photo: P199 · CC BY 2.5Deseronto Public Library draws 295.9 visits per person served, ahead of all but a few of Ontario’s town libraries
A single building, Deseronto Public Library, serves 1,852 people. In 2024 it lent 2.6 items for every person it serves. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
B+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Deseronto’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Deseronto grades B+. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Deseronto.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Deseronto mailing addresses hold 11 registered charities
That is 6 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 32.1% of Ontario’s people in 2023, give or take (31.0% to 33.2%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 10,540 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Deseronto Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Deseronto’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Deseronto.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Deseronto’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Deseronto
Does Deseronto have a public library?
Yes: Deseronto Public Library.
How busy is Deseronto Public Library?
It counted 548,080 in-person visits and lent 4,810 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).