Photo: Mosbo6 · CC BY-SA 4.0London Public Library lends 5.5 items per person served, more than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries
London Public Library serves the whole of London, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 439,385 people, Byron among them. In 2024 it logged 4.1 visits for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C+Civic life#605 of 866 in OntarioByron’s civic life grade, input by input
With a C+, Byron ranks #605 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. Byron has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
633 registered charities give a London mailing address
There is no count for Byron on its own: the charities are those of all of London. That is 1.3 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.
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.
Ahead of 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.
A typical week brings about 34,310 visits
What London Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Byron’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Byron.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Byron
Does Byron have a public library?
Yes: London Public Library - Byron.
How busy is London Public Library?
Over 2024: 2,404,067 items out on loan, 1,784,120 visits through the door.
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).