Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0At 2.6 loans per person served, Quinte West Public Library lends less than 83% of Ontario’s town libraries
Quinte West Public Library has 2 branches for the 46,560 people it serves. Visits ran to 3.1 per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
CCivic life#750 of 866 in OntarioWhat Quinte West’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Quinte West grades C: #750 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Quinte West: 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.
Quinte West mailing addresses hold 50 registered charities
That is 1 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%
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.
Behind most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 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 2,781 visits
Everything counted at Quinte West Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Quinte West’s 2 public libraries
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Quinte West.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in Quinte West
Does Quinte West have a public library?
Yes, 2: Quinte West Public Library and Quinte West Public Library - Frankford Branch.
How busy is Quinte West Public Library?
People made 144,612 visits in person and borrowed 120,469 items 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).