Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0North Kawartha Public Library logs 8.9 visits per person served, more than 97% of Ontario’s town libraries
North Kawartha Public Library has 2 branches for the 2,877 people it serves. Its borrowers took out 5 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
B+Civic life#30 of 866 in OntarioWhat North Kawartha’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in North Kawartha grades B+: #30 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for North Kawartha: 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.
No registered charity gives a North Kawartha mailing address
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%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 32.1% of people across Ontario in 2023, likely 31.0% to 33.2%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 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.
About 491 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at North Kawartha Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
North Kawartha’s 2 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of North Kawartha, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between North Kawartha’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in North Kawartha
Does North Kawartha have a public library?
Yes, 2: North Kawartha Public Library - Apsley Branch and North Kawartha Public Library - Woodview Branch.
How busy is North Kawartha Public Library?
It counted 25,532 in-person visits and lent 14,337 items in 2024.
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).