Photo: Sdeschenes at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0At 1.5 visits per person served, East Gwillimbury Public Library is quieter than 91% of Ontario’s town libraries
East Gwillimbury Public Library has 3 branches for the 39,000 people it serves. In 2024 it lent 4.1 items for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
DCivic life#849 of 866 in OntarioWhat East Gwillimbury’s civic life grade weighs
East Gwillimbury gets a D for civic life, #849 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. East Gwillimbury has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
36 registered charities give a East Gwillimbury mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.8; 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%
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 1 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 1,138 visits in a typical week
What East Gwillimbury Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
East Gwillimbury’s 3 public libraries
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of East Gwillimbury.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.
Questions about the library and civic life in East Gwillimbury
Does East Gwillimbury have a public library?
Yes, 3: East Gwillimbury Public Library - Holland Landing Branch, East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert Branch and East Gwillimbury Public Library - Queensville Branch.
How busy is East Gwillimbury Public Library?
59,176 in-person visits and 161,006 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).