Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMississauga public library logs 4.8 visits per person served, more than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries
The library figures on this page are Mississauga’s: Mississauga public library serves all 796,000 people of the city, Applewood among them. In 2024 it lent 5.5 items for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C+Civic life#456 of 866 in OntarioBehind Applewood’s civic life grade
With a C+, Applewood ranks #456 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 Applewood.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
867 registered charities are based in Mississauga, by mailing address
There is no count for Applewood on its own: the charities are those of all of Mississauga. That is 1.1 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. 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 2 of 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 73,078 visits
The year 2024 at Mississauga public library, in the library’s own counts.
The nearest library is 1 km from Applewood
In order of distance from the centre of Applewood, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Applewood’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Applewood
Does Applewood have a public library?
Not within Applewood itself: the closest is Mississauga Library - Burnhamthorpe, in Rathwood.
How busy is Mississauga public library?
Its 2024 report counts 3,800,056 visits in person and 4,417,125 items lent.
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).