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Libraries · Kincardine

Bruce County Public Library - Kincardine Branch and Bruce County Public Library - Tiverton Branch are Kincardine’s two public libraries

No library board reports for Kincardine alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

B+Civic life#14 of 866 in Ontario
Libraries
2
Charities
45
3.4 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Kincardine’s civic life grade, input by input

Civic life in Kincardine grades B+: #14 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Kincardine has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

B+
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Kincardine’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

45 registered charities give a Kincardine mailing address

It works out to 3.4 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%

For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally (likely 31.0% to 33.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

2 public libraries in Kincardine

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Kincardine.

How to read these numbers

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 Kincardine

Does Kincardine have a public library?

Yes, 2: Bruce County Public Library - Kincardine Branch and Bruce County Public Library - Tiverton Branch.

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).