Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Perry public library lends 2.7 items per person served, fewer than 80% of Ontario’s town libraries
The population Perry public library serves is 2,454. It counted 2.3 in-person visits per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
B−Civic life#330 of 866 in OntarioBehind Perry’s civic life grade
Perry gets a B− for civic life, #330 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Perry: 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 Perry mailing address
The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
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.
Behind 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.
A typical week brings about 107 visits
What Perry public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The closest is 5.6 km from Perry
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Perry.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Perry
Does Perry have a public library?
Not in Perry: the nearest public library is Kearney and Area Public Library, in Kearney.
How busy is Perry public library?
People made 5,564 visits in person and borrowed 6,664 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).