Photo: Jean7031 · CC BY-SA 3.0More visits per person served than 94% of Ontario’s town libraries: Markham public library counts 6.9
Markham public library serves the whole of Markham, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 365,051 people, Cachet among them. In 2024 it lent 8.3 items for every person it serves. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
B−Civic life#305 of 866 in OntarioBehind Cachet’s civic life grade
Civic life in Cachet 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 Cachet.
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 Cachet on its own: the charities are those of all of Markham. That is 1 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%
Across Ontario, 32.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.0% to 33.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 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 48,360 visits in a typical week
What Markham public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The nearest library is 1.1 km from Cachet
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Cachet.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A library’s visits include people from neighbouring towns and visitors; the statistics don’t say how many come from Cachet itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Cachet
Does Cachet have a public library?
The map shows none in Cachet; Markham Public Library - Angus Glen Branch, in Greensborough, is the closest.
How busy is Markham public library?
The 2024 totals: 2,514,720 in-person visits, 3,031,444 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).