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Libraries · Hawkesbury

At 2.3 loans per person served, Hawkesbury Public Library lends less than 86% of Ontario’s town libraries

Hawkesbury Public Library has one location for the 10,194 people it serves. In 2024 it logged 3.8 visits for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.

B−Civic life#299 of 866 in Ontario
DirectionsLibrary website
Visits a year
38,532
3.8 per person served
Borrowed a year
23,790
2.3 per person served
Cardholders
16%
1,656 cards
Libraries
1
Charities
20
1.8 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Hawkesbury’s civic life grade, input by input

Civic life in Hawkesbury grades B−: #299 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 Hawkesbury.

B−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Hawkesbury’s overall grade.
BLibrary visits3.8 per resident · Ontario towns 4.5C+Charities1.8 per 1,000 · Ontario towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4C+Volunteering32.1% of residents · all of Ontario, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

20 registered charities are based in Hawkesbury, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.8; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

32.1%

Volunteering here is a provincial number: 32.1% of people across Ontario in 2023, likely 31.0% to 33.2%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

How it compares

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.

Visits per person served 3.8 visits · typical 3.4Higher than 60%
Loans per person served 2.3 items · typical 4Lower than 86%
Cardholders 16% of people served · typical 27%Lower than 89%
Fewer per personMore per person
Who is compared

Town libraries only; regional systems left out.

A year at the library

A typical week brings about 741 visits

The year 2024 at Hawkesbury Public Library, in the library’s own counts.

38,532
in-person visits
3.8 per person served
23,790
items borrowed
2.3 per person served
1,656
cardholders
16% of people served
Every day65items borrowed
10,194 people served
The libraries

Hawkesbury’s public library

In order of distance from the centre of Hawkesbury, as the crow flies.

0.5kmHawkesbury Public LibraryWebsite →
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.

Questions about the library and civic life in Hawkesbury

Does Hawkesbury have a public library?

Yes: Hawkesbury Public Library.

How busy is Hawkesbury Public Library?

In 2024 it logged 38,532 in-person visits and 23,790 loans.

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).