Photo: bgilliard from St. Catharines, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Forest has 5 public library branches
By name: Lambton County Library - Arkona, Lambton County Library - Forest, Lambton County Library - Grand Bend and 2 more. No library board reports for Forest alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
CCivic life#734 of 866 in OntarioForest’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Forest grades C: #734 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Forest has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Forest mailing addresses hold 19 registered charities
That is 1.5 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
In 2023, 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 31.0% and 33.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Forest’s 5 public libraries
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Forest.
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 Forest
Does Forest have a public library?
Yes, 5: Lambton County Library - Arkona, Lambton County Library - Forest, Lambton County Library - Grand Bend, Lambton County Library - Port Franks and 1 more.
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).