Photo: Tabercil · CC BY 3.0Wellington County Library - Arthur Branch and Wellington County Library - Mount Forest Branch are Mount Forest’s two public libraries
Mount Forest has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
B+Civic life#20 of 866 in OntarioMount Forest’s civic life grade, input by input
Mount Forest gets a B+ for civic life, #20 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Mount Forest has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Mount Forest mailing addresses hold 43 registered charities
That is 3 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%
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.
2 public libraries in Mount Forest
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Mount Forest.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in Mount Forest
Does Mount Forest have a public library?
Yes, 2: Wellington County Library - Arthur Branch and Wellington County Library - Mount Forest Branch.
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).