Lambton County Library - Petrolia is Petrolia’s public library

From the centre of Petrolia, it is 0.5 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Petrolia in particular.

CCivic life#701 of 866 in Ontario

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Charities

3.7 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Petrolia’s civic life grade, input by input

Petrolia gets a C for civic life, #701 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Petrolia, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Petrolia’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own C⁺Charities3.7 per 1,000 · Ontario towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 C⁺Volunteering32.1% of residents · all of Ontario, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

24 registered charities give a Petrolia mailing address

That is 3.7 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. 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.

Volunteering

32.1%

Across Ontario, 32.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.0% to 33.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Petrolia’s public library

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Petrolia.

0.5kmLambton County Library - PetroliaDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.

Questions about the library and civic life in Petrolia

Does Petrolia have a public library?

Yes: Lambton County Library - Petrolia.

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).