Photo: Mhsheikholeslami · CC BY-SA 4.0More visits per person served than 94% of Ontario’s town libraries: Markham public library counts 6.9
Markham Village is served by Markham public library, the library of all of Markham, so the figures here are the city’s, for 365,051 people. Its borrowers took out 8.3 items 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.
B−Civic life#305 of 866 in OntarioMarkham Village’s civic life grade, input by input
With a B−, Markham Village ranks #305 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Markham Village: 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.
Markham mailing addresses hold 356 registered charities
There is no count for Markham Village on its own: the charities are those of all of Markham. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Ontario at 32.1% in 2023, somewhere between 31.0% and 33.2%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range 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.
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 0.9 km from Markham Village
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Markham Village.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Markham Village’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Markham Village
Does Markham Village have a public library?
There isn’t one in Markham Village; people there use libraries such as Markham Public Library - Markham Village Branch, in Vinegar Hill.
How busy is Markham public library?
In 2024 it logged 2,514,720 in-person visits and 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).