Photo: Benjamin Pickles · CC BY-SA 2.0Each person County of Brant Public Library serves borrows 7.8 items, more than at 92% of Ontario’s town libraries
From 6 branches, County of Brant Public Library serves 39,474 people. Visits ran to 3.4 per person served in 2024. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
CCivic life#716 of 866 in OntarioBehind Paris’s civic life grade
With a C, Paris ranks #716 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 Paris.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
51 registered charities are based in Paris, by mailing address
That is 1.1 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%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Ontario at 32.1% in 2023, somewhere between 31.0% and 33.2%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 2,617 visits
The year 2024 at County of Brant Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
6 public libraries in Paris
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Paris.
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 Paris
Does Paris have a public library?
Yes, 6: County of Brant Public Library - Burford Branch, County of Brant Public Library - Glen Morris Branch, County of Brant Public Library - Paris Branch, County of Brant Public Library - Scotland-Oakland Branch and 2 more.
How busy is County of Brant Public Library?
Its 2024 report counts 136,084 visits in person and 308,916 items lent.
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).