Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Central Frederick’s public library is Kitchener Public Library - Main
Kitchener Public Library serves the whole of Kitchener, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 292,240 people, Central Frederick among them. 4.3 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C+Civic life#635 of 866 in OntarioWhat Central Frederick’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Central Frederick grades C+: #635 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Central Frederick: 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.
384 registered charities give a Kitchener mailing address
There is no count for Central Frederick on its own: the charities are those of all of Kitchener. That is 1.2 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%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 32.1% of people across Ontario in 2023, likely 31.0% to 33.2%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 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 23,595 visits
What Kitchener Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Central Frederick’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Central Frederick, as the crow flies.
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 Central Frederick
Does Central Frederick have a public library?
Yes: Kitchener Public Library - Main.
How busy is Kitchener Public Library?
Over 2024: 1,268,962 items out on loan, 1,226,940 visits through the door.
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).