Photo: Onasill ~ Bill - Be Safe & Happy · Public domainEach person Port Hope Public Library serves borrows 6.1 items, more than at 81% of Ontario’s town libraries
From 2 branches, Port Hope Public Library serves 17,294 people. In 2024 it logged 4 visits for every person it serves. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
B−Civic life#84 of 866 in OntarioPort Hope’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Port Hope grades B−: #84 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Port Hope: 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.
Port Hope mailing addresses hold 36 registered charities
That is 2 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%
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.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 1,323 visits
What Port Hope Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
2 public libraries in Port Hope
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Port Hope.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Port Hope
Does Port Hope have a public library?
Yes, 2: Port Hope Public Library and Port Hope Public Library - Canton Branch.
How busy is Port Hope Public Library?
Over 2024: 105,916 items out on loan, 68,796 visits through the door.
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).