Photo: William B. Grice · CC BY-SA 4.0Grimsby Public Library draws 4.9 visits per person served, ahead of 80% of Ontario’s town libraries
Grimsby Public Library has one location for the 28,883 people it serves. 5.4 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
B−Civic life#260 of 866 in OntarioGrimsby’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Grimsby grades B−: #260 of the 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 Grimsby.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
51 registered charities give a Grimsby mailing address
That is 1.6 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
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 all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 2,730 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Grimsby Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Grimsby’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Grimsby.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Grimsby’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Grimsby
Does Grimsby have a public library?
Yes: Grimsby Public Library.
How busy is Grimsby Public Library?
141,960 in-person visits and 154,562 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).