Photo: The Silverliner · CC BY-SA 3.0Southgate Ruth Hargrave Memorial Library lends 2.4 items per person served, fewer than 85% of Ontario’s town libraries
Southgate Ruth Hargrave Memorial Library has one location for the 8,716 people it serves. Visits ran to 2.3 per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
C−Civic life#836 of 866 in OntarioBehind Dundalk’s civic life grade
With a C−, Dundalk ranks #836 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Dundalk: 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.
10 registered charities are based in Dundalk, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.9; 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%
Across Ontario, 32.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.0% to 33.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 1 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 390 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Southgate Ruth Hargrave Memorial Library, in the library’s own counts.
Dundalk’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Dundalk.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Each rate divides by the people the library reports serving, which need not match Dundalk’s census population.
Questions about the library and civic life in Dundalk
Does Dundalk have a public library?
Yes: Southgate Ruth Hargrave Memorial Library.
How busy is Southgate Ruth Hargrave Memorial Library?
20,280 in-person visits and 21,082 items borrowed 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).