Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ramara Township Public Library draws 1.2 visits per person served, behind 96% of Ontario’s town libraries
The 10,377 people Ramara Township Public Library serves have 2 branches to choose from. Its borrowers took out 2.6 items per person served in 2024. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
DCivic life#860 of 866 in OntarioRamara’s civic life grade, input by input
Ramara gets a D for civic life, #860 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 Ramara.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
5 registered charities give a Ramara mailing address
That is 0.4 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 231 visits
Everything counted at Ramara Township Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Ramara’s 2 public libraries
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Ramara.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Ramara
Does Ramara have a public library?
Yes, 2: Ramara Township Public Library - Atherley Branch and Ramara Township Public Library - Brechin Branch.
How busy is Ramara Township Public Library?
Its 2024 report counts 12,012 visits in person and 26,973 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).