Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0At 2 visits per person served, Smiths Falls Public Library is quieter than 83% of Ontario’s town libraries
A single building, Smiths Falls Public Library, serves 9,254 people. Loans ran to 3.1 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#89 of 866 in OntarioWhat Smiths Falls’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Smiths Falls grades B−: #89 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. Smiths Falls 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.
Smiths Falls mailing addresses hold 38 registered charities
That is 3.4 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%
Across Ontario, 32.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.0% to 33.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Behind 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 358 visits
The year 2024 at Smiths Falls Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Smiths Falls’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Smiths Falls.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Per-person rates rest on the service area the library reports, which may be larger or smaller than Smiths Falls itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Smiths Falls
Does Smiths Falls have a public library?
Yes: Smith Falls Public Library.
How busy is Smiths Falls Public Library?
In 2024 it logged 18,616 in-person visits and 28,833 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).