Photo: The Eloquent Peasant · CC BY 4.0Mississauga Library draws 4.8 visits per person served, ahead of 77% of Ontario’s town libraries
Mississauga Library serves the whole of Mississauga, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 796,000 people, Sheridan among them. In 2024 it lent 5.5 items for every person it serves. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
C+Civic life#456 of 866 in OntarioBehind Sheridan’s civic life grade
Civic life in Sheridan grades C+: #456 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. 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 Sheridan.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Mississauga mailing addresses hold 867 registered charities
There is no count for Sheridan on its own: the charities are those of all of Mississauga. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.1; 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%
Across Ontario, 32.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.0% to 33.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 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
What Mississauga Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Sheridan’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Sheridan.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Tourists, commuters and neighbours all add to the visits, and nobody records which of them live in Sheridan.
Questions about the library and civic life in Sheridan
Does Sheridan have a public library?
Yes: Mississauga Library - Sheridan.
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).