Photo: Fishonleash · CC BY 4.0At 2.8 loans per person served, King Township Public Library lends less than 79% of Ontario’s town libraries
From 4 branches, King Township Public Library serves 29,467 people. It counted 3.5 in-person visits per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
B−Civic life#331 of 866 in OntarioKing’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in King grades B−: #331 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for King: 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.
53 registered charities give a King 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.
32.1%
In 2023, 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 31.0% and 33.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 1 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 1,966 visits
The year 2024 at King Township Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
4 public libraries in King
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of King.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in King
Does King have a public library?
Yes, 4: King Township Public Library - Ansnorveldt Branch, King Township Public Library - King City Branch, King Township Public Library - Nobleton Branch and King Township Public Library - Schomberg Branch.
How busy is King Township Public Library?
People made 102,232 visits in person and borrowed 81,553 items 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).