Photo: R Orville Lyttle · CC BY-SA 2.0At 5.5 visits per person served, Prescott Public Library is busier than 83% of Ontario’s town libraries
A single building, Prescott Public Library, serves 4,078 people. 3.4 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
B+Civic life#28 of 866 in OntarioWhat Prescott’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Prescott grades B+: #28 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Prescott: 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.
18 registered charities give a Prescott mailing address
That is 4.2 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%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally (likely 31.0% to 33.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 195 town libraries in Ontario’s statistics for 2024.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 430 visits
What Prescott Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Prescott’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Prescott.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Prescott or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Prescott
Does Prescott have a public library?
Yes: Prescott Public Library.
How busy is Prescott Public Library?
In 2024 it logged 22,360 in-person visits and 13,750 loans.
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).