Photo: (c) Andrew Murray, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0At 5.5 loans per person served, London Public Library lends more than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries
Talbot is served by London Public Library, the library of all of London, so the figures here are the city’s, for 439,385 people. It counted 4.1 in-person visits 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 OntarioWhat Talbot’s civic life grade weighs
With a C+, Talbot 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 Talbot.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
London mailing addresses hold 633 registered charities
There is no count for Talbot 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%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 32.1% of people across Ontario in 2023, likely 31.0% to 33.2%, set in a ten-province range of 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.
A typical week brings about 34,310 visits
Everything counted at London Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Talbot’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Talbot, as the crow flies.
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 Talbot
Does Talbot have a public library?
Yes: London Public Library - Lambeth.
How busy is London Public Library?
Its 2024 report counts 1,784,120 visits in person and 2,404,067 items lent.
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).