Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Drayton’s public library is Wellington County Library - Drayton Branch
The library is 0.6 km from the centre of Drayton. No library board reports for Drayton alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
BCivic life#38 of 866 in OntarioWhat Drayton’s civic life grade weighs
Drayton gets a B for civic life, #38 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Drayton has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
29 registered charities give a Drayton mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.5; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
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.
Drayton’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Drayton.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Drayton
Does Drayton have a public library?
Yes: Wellington County Library - Drayton Branch.
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).