No public library stands in Laurentian Hills: the closest, Forest Heights Community Library, is 2.1 km away
Laurentian Hills is served by Kitchener public library, the library of all of Kitchener, so the figures here are the city’s, for 292,240 people. 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 OntarioBehind Laurentian Hills’s civic life grade
Laurentian Hills gets a C+ for civic life, #635 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Laurentian Hills: 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 Laurentian Hills on its own: the charities are those of all of Kitchener. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.2; 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 all 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 23,595 visits in a typical week
What Kitchener public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The closest is 2.1 km from Laurentian Hills
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Laurentian Hills.
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 Laurentian Hills
Does Laurentian Hills have a public library?
Not in Laurentian Hills: the nearest public library is Forest Heights Community Library, in Forest Heights.
How busy is Kitchener public library?
The 2024 totals: 1,226,940 in-person visits, 1,268,962 loans.
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).