Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0At 8.2 loans per person served, North Perth Public Library lends more than 94% of Ontario’s town libraries
From 3 branches, North Perth Public Library serves 15,538 people. It counted 3.7 in-person visits per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
B−Civic life#91 of 866 in OntarioBehind Listowel’s civic life grade
Civic life in Listowel grades B−: #91 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. 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 Listowel.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
37 registered charities give a Listowel mailing address
That is 2 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
One figure covers all of Ontario: in 2023, 32.1% of its people gave time to an organization (between 31.0% and 33.2%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 1,092 visits
The year 2024 at North Perth Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
3 public libraries in Listowel
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Listowel.
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 Listowel
Does Listowel have a public library?
Yes, 3: North Perth Public Library - Atwood Branch, North Perth Public Library - Listowel Branch and North Perth Public Library - Monkton Branch.
How busy is North Perth Public Library?
In 2024 it logged 56,784 in-person visits and 127,418 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).