Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Kenora Public Library is Kenora’s public library
A single building, Kenora Public Library, serves 14,967 people. 3.3 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
B+Civic life#12 of 866 in OntarioKenora’s civic life grade, input by input
Kenora gets a B+ for civic life, #12 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Kenora has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
57 registered charities are based in Kenora, by mailing address
It works out to 3.6 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%
Between 31.0% and 33.2% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023, 32.1% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
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 1,196 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Kenora Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Kenora’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Kenora.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in Kenora
Does Kenora have a public library?
Yes: Kenora Public Library.
How busy is Kenora Public Library?
The 2024 totals: 62,192 in-person visits, 48,846 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).