At 5.5 loans per person served, London public library lends more than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries
The library figures on this page are London’s: London public library serves all 439,385 people of the city, Highland among them. In 2024 it logged 4.1 visits for every person it serves. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
C+Civic life#605 of 866 in OntarioBehind Highland’s civic life grade
With a C+, Highland ranks #605 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. Highland 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 are based in London, by mailing address
There is no count for Highland on its own: the charities are those of all of London. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.3; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
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
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.
The nearest library is 2.4 km from Highland
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Highland.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.
Questions about the library and civic life in Highland
Does Highland have a public library?
The map shows none in Highland; London Public Library - Landon, in South London, is the closest.
How busy is London public library?
The 2024 totals: 1,784,120 in-person visits, 2,404,067 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).