Photo: Carlosgabriel11 · 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, Unionville among them. 8.3 items per person served went out on loan 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 OntarioWhat Unionville’s civic life grade weighs
With a B−, Unionville ranks #305 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 Unionville.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
356 registered charities give a Markham mailing address
There is no count for Unionville 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. 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%
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
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 48,360 visits
What Markham Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Unionville’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Unionville.
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 Unionville isn’t recorded.
Questions about the library and civic life in Unionville
Does Unionville have a public library?
Yes: Markham Public Library - Unionville Branch.
How busy is Markham Public Library?
Over 2024: 3,031,444 items out on loan, 2,514,720 visits through the door.
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).