Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0North Bay Public Library is North Bay’s public library
North Bay Public Library has one location for the 52,662 people it serves. 3.6 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
B−Civic life#78 of 866 in OntarioNorth Bay’s civic life grade, input by input
With a B−, North Bay ranks #78 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. 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 North Bay.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
124 registered charities give a North Bay mailing address
It works out to 2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
The 2023 survey gives Ontario one volunteering rate for all its towns, 32.1% (between 31.0% and 33.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 4,003 visits
Everything counted at North Bay Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
North Bay’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of North Bay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Each rate divides by the people the library reports serving, which need not match North Bay’s census population.
Questions about the library and civic life in North Bay
Does North Bay have a public library?
Yes: North Bay Public Library.
How busy is North Bay Public Library?
Over 2024: 188,480 items out on loan, 208,156 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).