Photo: Municipal Affairs and Housing · CC BY 2.0At 4.8 visits per person served, Mississauga Library is busier than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries
The 796,000 people Mississauga Library serves have 18 branches to choose from. Loans ran to 5.5 items per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
–Civic lifeNot gradedWhat a civic life grade would weigh in Mississauga
Not graded: a city is graded through its neighbourhoods, each on its own figures.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
867 registered charities give a Mississauga mailing address
That is 1.1 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%
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 2 of 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 73,078 visits
The year 2024 at Mississauga Library, in the library’s own counts.
Mississauga’s 18 public libraries
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Mississauga.
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 Mississauga isn’t recorded.
Questions about the library and civic life in Mississauga
Does Mississauga have a public library?
Yes, 18: Missisauga Library - Malton, Mississauga Library - Cooksville, Mississauga Library - Courtneypark, Mississauga Library - Erin Meadows and 14 more.
How busy is Mississauga Library?
Over 2024: 4,417,125 items out on loan, 3,800,056 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).