Photo: Schreiber Public Library · Public domainAt 6.9 loans per person served, Schreiber public library lends more than 88% of Ontario’s town libraries
The population Schreiber public library serves is 1,039. 4.7 visits per person served came through its doors in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
BCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringSchreiber’s civic life grade, input by input
Schreiber’s civic life grade is B. Schreiber has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
4 registered charities are based in Schreiber, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 3.8; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
In 2023, 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 31.0% and 33.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
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 94 visits
The year 2024 at Schreiber public library, in the library’s own counts.
The nearest library is 12 km from Schreiber
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Schreiber.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Schreiber or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Schreiber
Does Schreiber have a public library?
Schreiber has none mapped; the closest public library is Terrace Bay Public Library, in Terrace Bay.
How busy is Schreiber public library?
In 2024 it logged 4,888 in-person visits and 7,212 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).