Photo: maar345 · CC BY 2.0Renfrew Public Library logs 5.1 visits per person served, more than 81% of Ontario’s town libraries
Renfrew Public Library has one location for the 8,190 people it serves. Its borrowers took out 5.8 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
B+Civic life#17 of 866 in OntarioRenfrew’s civic life grade, input by input
With a B+, Renfrew ranks #17 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Renfrew: 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.
Renfrew mailing addresses hold 44 registered charities
That is 5.1 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
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 811 visits
The year 2024 at Renfrew Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Renfrew’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Renfrew.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Renfrew or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Renfrew
Does Renfrew have a public library?
Yes: Renfrew Public Library.
How busy is Renfrew Public Library?
People made 42,172 visits in person and borrowed 47,455 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).