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Libraries · Leamington

No public library stands in Leamington: the closest, Chatham-Kent Public Library - Wheatley Branch, is 11 km away

The next is Essex County Library, Kingsville Branch (Kingsville), 13 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Leamington in particular.

CCivic life#713 of 866 in Ontario
Civic life grade

What Leamington’s civic life grade weighs

Leamington gets a C for civic life, #713 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Leamington has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

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

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

55 registered charities are based in Leamington, by mailing address

That is 1.6 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%

The 2023 survey gives Ontario one volunteering rate for all its towns, 32.1% (between 31.0% and 33.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 11 km from Leamington

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

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 Leamington

Does Leamington have a public library?

None is mapped in Leamington; the nearest is Chatham-Kent Public Library - Wheatley Branch, in Chatham.

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).