Photo: Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0London 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, Glen Cairn among them. 4.1 visits per person served came through its doors in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C+Civic life#605 of 866 in OntarioBehind Glen Cairn’s civic life grade
Glen Cairn gets a C+ for civic life, #605 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Glen Cairn: 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.
633 registered charities are based in London, by mailing address
There is no count for Glen Cairn 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. 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%
In 2023, 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 31.0% and 33.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 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 34,310 visits
What London Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Glen Cairn’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Glen Cairn.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Glen Cairn
Does Glen Cairn have a public library?
Yes: London Public Library - Pond Mills.
How busy is London Public Library?
People made 1,784,120 visits in person and borrowed 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).