Photo: WB Robinson Photographer · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer visits per person served than 78% of Ontario’s town libraries: Port Colborne Public Library counts 2.2
A single building, Port Colborne Public Library, serves 20,033 people. In 2024 it lent 3.6 items for every person it serves. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
C+Civic life#674 of 866 in OntarioBehind Port Colborne’s civic life grade
Port Colborne gets a C+ for civic life, #674 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. 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 Port Colborne.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
44 registered charities give a Port Colborne mailing address
That is 2 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%
One figure covers all of Ontario: in 2023, 32.1% of its people gave time to an organization (between 31.0% and 33.2%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Behind 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.
A typical week brings about 842 visits
What Port Colborne Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Port Colborne’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Port Colborne.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.
Questions about the library and civic life in Port Colborne
Does Port Colborne have a public library?
Yes: Port Colborne Public Library.
How busy is Port Colborne Public Library?
Its 2024 report counts 43,784 visits in person and 71,351 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).