Photo: norgo · CC BY-SA 3.0At 0.4 visits per person served, Severn Township Public Library is quieter than all but a few of Ontario’s town libraries
Severn Township Public Library has one location for the 12,248 people it serves. Its borrowers took out 4 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
DCivic life#861 of 866 in OntarioSevern’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Severn grades D: #861 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Severn: 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.
Severn mailing addresses hold 10 registered charities
It works out to 0.6 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
32.1%
The 2023 survey gives Ontario one volunteering rate for all its towns, 32.1% (between 31.0% and 33.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 1 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.
About 84 visits in a typical week
What Severn Township Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Severn’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Severn.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Rather than Severn’s census count, the rates use the population the library board says it serves.
Questions about the library and civic life in Severn
Does Severn have a public library?
Yes: Severn Township Public Library.
How busy is Severn Township Public Library?
It counted 4,368 in-person visits and lent 49,583 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).