Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Nipigon has one public library, Nipigon Public Library
Nipigon Public Library has one location for the 1,743 people it serves. Loans ran to 3.4 items per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
B−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringNipigon’s civic life grade, input by input
Nipigon’s civic life grade is B−. All three civic life inputs exist for Nipigon: 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.
8 registered charities give a Nipigon mailing address
That is 4.9 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%
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
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 112 visits in a typical week
What Nipigon Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Nipigon’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Nipigon.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Nipigon
Does Nipigon have a public library?
Yes: Nipigon Public Library.
How busy is Nipigon Public Library?
The 2024 totals: 5,824 in-person visits, 5,904 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).