Photo: ChadPerez49 · CC BY-SA 3.0Markham public library logs 6.9 visits per person served, more than 94% of Ontario’s town libraries
The library figures on this page are Markham’s: Markham public library serves all 365,051 people of the city, Berczy Village among them. In 2024 it lent 8.3 items for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
B−Civic life#305 of 866 in OntarioBerczy Village’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Berczy Village grades B−: #305 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. 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 Berczy Village.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Markham mailing addresses hold 356 registered charities
There is no count for Berczy Village on its own: the charities are those of all of Markham. It works out to 1 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
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 48,360 visits
The year 2024 at Markham public library, in the library’s own counts.
The nearest library is 2.2 km from Berczy Village
In order of distance from the centre of Berczy Village, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Visitors and people from nearby towns are in the count too; how many live in Berczy Village isn’t recorded.
Questions about the library and civic life in Berczy Village
Does Berczy Village have a public library?
Not within Berczy Village itself: the closest is Markham Public Library - Unionville Branch, in Unionville.
How busy is Markham public library?
People made 2,514,720 visits in person and borrowed 3,031,444 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).