Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 2.5Fewer loans per person served than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries: Elliot Lake public library lends 2.8
Elliot Lake public library has 2 branches for the 11,225 people it serves. It counted 4 in-person visits per person served in 2024. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
BCivic life#58 of 866 in OntarioWhat Elliot Lake’s civic life grade weighs
Elliot Lake gets a B for civic life, #58 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Elliot Lake: 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.
Elliot Lake mailing addresses hold 26 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.1; 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%
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 872 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Elliot Lake public library, in the library’s own counts.
Elliot Lake’s 2 public libraries
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Elliot Lake.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.
Questions about the library and civic life in Elliot Lake
Does Elliot Lake have a public library?
Yes, 2: Elliot Lake Library and Elliot Lake Public Library.
How busy is Elliot Lake public library?
It counted 45,344 in-person visits and lent 31,917 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).