Photo: Balcer · CC BY 2.5At 5.5 loans per person served, Halton Hills Public Library lends more than 76% of Ontario’s town libraries
From 3 branches, Halton Hills Public Library serves 62,951 people. 3.7 visits per person served came through its doors in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
C+Civic life#454 of 866 in OntarioBehind Georgetown’s civic life grade
Georgetown gets a C+ for civic life, #454 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Georgetown.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
105 registered charities are based in Georgetown, by mailing address
It works out to 1.5 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 4,475 visits
The year 2024 at Halton Hills Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
3 public libraries in Georgetown
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Georgetown.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Georgetown
Does Georgetown have a public library?
Yes, 3: Halton Hills Public Library - Georgetown Branch, GDHS Library and Halton Hills Public Library - Acton Branch.
How busy is Halton Hills Public Library?
Over 2024: 344,142 items out on loan, 232,700 visits through the door.
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).