At 5.5 loans per person served, London public library lends more than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries
Jackson is served by London public library, the library of all of London, so the figures here are the city’s, for 439,385 people. Visits ran to 4.1 per person served in 2024. 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 Jackson’s civic life grade
With a C+, Jackson ranks #605 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Jackson: 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 Jackson 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. 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%
32.1% of people in Ontario did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 31.0% and 33.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
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.
About 34,310 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at London public library, in the library’s own counts.
The closest is 2.1 km from Jackson
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Jackson.
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 Jackson
Does Jackson have a public library?
No library is mapped inside Jackson, and the nearest one is London Public Library - Pond Mills in Glen Cairn.
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).