Kingston’s public library works from 5 branches

They are Kingston Frontenac Public Library - Central Branch, Kingston Frontenac Public Library - Isabel Turner Branch, Kingston Frontenac Public Library - Pittsburgh Branch and 2 more. No library board reports for Kingston alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

B⁻Civic life#269 of 866 in Ontario

Directions Library website All its libraries

Libraries

Charities

304

2 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Kingston’s civic life grade, input by input

Civic life in Kingston grades B−: #269 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. Kingston has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

B⁻

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Kingston’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own BCharities2 per 1,000 · Ontario towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 C⁺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

304 registered charities give a Kingston mailing address

It works out to 2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.

Volunteering

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.

The libraries

Kingston’s 5 public libraries

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Kingston.

1.5kmKingston Frontenac Public Library - Calvin Park BranchDirections →3.7kmKingston Frontenac Public Library - Isabel Turner BranchWebsite →3.8kmKingston Frontenac Public Library - Rideau Heights branchWebsite →4kmKingston Frontenac Public Library - Central BranchWebsite →5.3kmKingston Frontenac Public Library - Pittsburgh BranchWebsite →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.

Questions about the library and civic life in Kingston

Does Kingston have a public library?

Yes, 5: Kingston Frontenac Public Library - Central Branch, Kingston Frontenac Public Library - Isabel Turner Branch, Kingston Frontenac Public Library - Pittsburgh Branch, Kingston Frontenac Public Library - Rideau Heights branch and 1 more.

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).