South Common Pop Up Library logs 4.8 visits per person served, more than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries
South Common is served by South Common Pop Up Library, the library of all of Mississauga, so the figures here are the city’s, for 796,000 people. 5.5 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. 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 South Common’s civic life grade
Civic life in South Common grades C+: #456 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for South Common: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
867 registered charities give a Mississauga mailing address
There is no count for South Common on its own: the charities are those of all of Mississauga. It works out to 1.1 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%
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
Each figure is per person served, set against 195 town libraries in Ontario’s statistics for 2024.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 73,078 visits
What South Common Pop Up Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
South Common’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of South Common.
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 South Common isn’t recorded.
Questions about the library and civic life in South Common
Does South Common have a public library?
Yes: South Common Pop Up Library.
How busy is South Common Pop Up 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).