Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMore loans per person served than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries: London Public Library lends 5.5
The library figures on this page are London’s: London Public Library serves all 439,385 people of the city, Bostwick among them. Visits ran to 4.1 per person served in 2024. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
C+Civic life#605 of 866 in OntarioBostwick’s civic life grade, input by input
With a C+, Bostwick ranks #605 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Bostwick: 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.
London mailing addresses hold 633 registered charities
There is no count for Bostwick on its own: the charities are those of all of London. It works out to 1.3 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 32.1% of Ontario’s people in 2023, give or take (31.0% to 33.2%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 34,310 visits in a typical week
What London Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Bostwick’s 2 public libraries
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Bostwick.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Bostwick
Does Bostwick have a public library?
Yes, 2: London Public Library - Bostwick and London Public Library - Glanworth.
How busy is London Public Library?
It counted 1,784,120 in-person visits and lent 2,404,067 items 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).