Photo: Gogerr · CC BY-SA 4.0Bruce County Public Library - Port Elgin Branch and Bruce County Public Library - Southampton Branch are Port Elgin’s two public libraries
No library board reports for Port Elgin alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
C+Civic life#445 of 866 in OntarioPort Elgin’s civic life grade, input by input
Port Elgin gets a C+ for civic life, #445 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Port Elgin, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
35 registered charities are based in Port Elgin, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.9; 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%
32.1% of people in Ontario did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 31.0% and 33.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Port Elgin’s 2 public libraries
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Port Elgin.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Port Elgin
Does Port Elgin have a public library?
Yes, 2: Bruce County Public Library - Port Elgin Branch and Bruce County Public Library - Southampton Branch.
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).