Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Keswick’s public library works from 4 branches
Georgina Public Library counts 50,519 people in its service area. In 2024 it lent 4.2 items for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
CCivic life#729 of 866 in OntarioBehind Keswick’s civic life grade
With a C, Keswick ranks #729 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Keswick: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
33 registered charities give a Keswick mailing address
That is 0.6 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%
Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 32.1% of Ontario’s people in 2023, give or take (31.0% to 33.2%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 195 town libraries in Ontario’s statistics for 2024.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 3,590 visits
The year 2024 at Georgina Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
4 public libraries in Keswick
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Keswick.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Keswick
Does Keswick have a public library?
Yes, 4: Georgina Public Library - Peter Gzowski Branch, Discovery Branch Library, Georgina Public Library - Keswick Branch and Georgina Public Library - Pefferlaw Branch.
How busy is Georgina Public Library?
Its 2024 report counts 186,680 visits in person and 211,852 items lent.
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).