Photo: Tier2Cell245 · CC BY 4.0Pembroke Public Library logs 5.3 visits per person served, more than 82% of Ontario’s town libraries
Pembroke Public Library serves 14,364 people from a single building. Its borrowers took out 6.2 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
A−Civic life#4 of 866 in OntarioWhat Pembroke’s civic life grade weighs
With a A−, Pembroke ranks #4 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Pembroke: 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.
88 registered charities are based in Pembroke, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 5.7; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 1,475 visits in a typical week
What Pembroke Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Pembroke’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Pembroke.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Tourists, commuters and neighbours all add to the visits, and nobody records which of them live in Pembroke.
Questions about the library and civic life in Pembroke
Does Pembroke have a public library?
Yes: Pembroke Public Library.
How busy is Pembroke Public Library?
For 2024 it reported 88,773 loans and 76,700 in-person visits.
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).