No public library stands in Drummond/North Elmsley: the closest, Perth & District Union Public Library, is 6.8 km away

The next is Lanark Highlands Public Library (Lanark Highlands), 15 km away. Drummond/North Elmsley has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

B⁻Civic life#302 of 866 in Ontario

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Civic life grade

Behind Drummond/North Elmsley’s civic life grade

Drummond/North Elmsley gets a B− for civic life, #302 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Drummond/North Elmsley has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Drummond/North Elmsley’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own B⁻Charities0 per 1,000 · Ontario towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 C⁺Volunteering32.1% of residents · all of Ontario, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

No registered charity gives a Drummond/North Elmsley mailing address

Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

32.1%

Between 31.0% and 33.2% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023, 32.1% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 6.8 km from Drummond/North Elmsley

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Drummond/North Elmsley.

6.8kmPerth & District Union Public LibraryPerthDirections →15kmLanark Highlands Public LibraryLanark HighlandsDirections →15kmSmith Falls Public LibrarySmiths FallsWebsite →16kmRideau Lakes Public Library - South Elmsley BranchRideau LakesDirections →21kmCarleton Place Public LibraryCarleton PlaceDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.

Questions about the library and civic life in Drummond/North Elmsley

Does Drummond/North Elmsley have a public library?

No library is mapped inside Drummond/North Elmsley, and the nearest one is Perth & District Union Public Library in Perth.

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).