Photo: unknown. Canada. Department of National Defence. · Public domain6 public library branches serve Picton
Prince Edward County Public Library counts 25,704 people in its service area. Loans ran to 4.7 items per person served in 2024. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
BCivic life#35 of 866 in OntarioBehind Picton’s civic life grade
With a B, Picton ranks #35 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. Picton has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Picton mailing addresses hold 72 registered charities
That is 2.6 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 1,796 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Prince Edward County Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
6 public libraries in Picton
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Picton.
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 Picton
Does Picton have a public library?
Yes, 6: Prince Edward County Public Library - Wellington Branch, Prince Edward County Public Library - Ameliasburg Branch, Prince Edward County Public Library - Bloomfield Branch, Prince Edward County Public Library - Consecon Branch and 2 more.
How busy is Prince Edward County Public Library?
93,392 in-person visits and 120,573 items borrowed 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).