Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.014 public library branches serve Lindsay
Kawartha Lakes Public Library counts 79,247 people in its service area. Its borrowers took out 3.7 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
CCivic life#708 of 866 in OntarioBehind Lindsay’s civic life grade
With a C, Lindsay ranks #708 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Lindsay.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Lindsay mailing addresses hold 141 registered charities
It works out to 1.7 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
The whole province shares one estimate: 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023 (between 31.0% and 33.2%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Behind 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.
About 4,007 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Kawartha Lakes Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Lindsay’s 14 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Lindsay, 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 Lindsay
Does Lindsay have a public library?
Yes, 14: Kawartha Lakes Public Library - Bobcaygeon Branch, Kawartha Lakes Public Library - Omemee Branch, Kawartha Lakes Library - Oakwood Branch, Kawartha Lakes Public Library - Bethany Branch and 10 more.
How busy is Kawartha Lakes Public Library?
208,364 in-person visits and 296,764 items borrowed 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).