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, Upper Cornell 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 OntarioUpper Cornell’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Upper Cornell grades B−: #305 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. Upper Cornell has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
356 registered charities are based in Markham, by mailing address
There is no count for Upper Cornell 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%
In 2023, 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 31.0% and 33.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
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
What Markham public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The nearest library is 1.9 km from Upper Cornell
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Upper Cornell.
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 Upper Cornell itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Upper Cornell
Does Upper Cornell have a public library?
The map shows none in Upper Cornell; Cornell Community Centre And Library, in Cornell, is the closest.
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).