Photo: the real Kam75 · CC BY-SA 2.0No public library stands in Oliver Paipoonge: the closest, Mary J.L. Black, is 15 km away
A single building, Oliver Paipoonge public library, serves 6,035 people. Loans ran to 3.7 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C+Civic life#335 of 866 in OntarioOliver Paipoonge’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Oliver Paipoonge grades C+: #335 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Oliver Paipoonge: 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.
Oliver Paipoonge mailing addresses hold 11 registered charities
That is 1.7 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%
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.
Behind most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 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 313 visits
Everything counted at Oliver Paipoonge public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
The closest is 15 km from Oliver Paipoonge
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Oliver Paipoonge.
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 Oliver Paipoonge
Does Oliver Paipoonge have a public library?
No, but Mary J.L. Black in Thunder Bay is the nearest public library to Oliver Paipoonge.
How busy is Oliver Paipoonge public library?
In 2024 it logged 16,276 in-person visits and 22,460 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).