Photo: Mhsheikholeslami · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer visits per person served than 80% of Ontario’s town libraries: Newmarket Public Library counts 2.1
Newmarket Public Library serves 91,670 people from a single building. In 2024 it lent 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#769 of 866 in OntarioWhat Newmarket’s civic life grade weighs
With a C−, Newmarket ranks #769 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Newmarket: 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.
Newmarket mailing addresses hold 133 registered charities
It works out to 1.4 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
32.1%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally (likely 31.0% to 33.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 1 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 3,680 visits
What Newmarket Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Newmarket’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Newmarket.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Newmarket
Does Newmarket have a public library?
Yes: Newmarket Public Library.
How busy is Newmarket Public Library?
In 2024 it logged 191,360 in-person visits and 453,786 loans.
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).