More 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, River Bend 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 OntarioWhat River Bend’s civic life grade weighs
With a C+, River Bend ranks #605 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for River Bend.
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 River Bend 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. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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
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
Everything counted at London public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
The closest is 2.4 km from River Bend
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of River Bend.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.
Questions about the library and civic life in River Bend
Does River Bend have a public library?
No library is mapped inside River Bend, and the nearest one is London Public Library - Byron in Byron.
How busy is London public library?
In 2024 it logged 1,784,120 in-person visits and 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).