Photo: Eric Marshall · CC BY 3.0At 2.3 visits per person served, West Lincoln Public Library is quieter than 77% of Ontario’s town libraries
West Lincoln Public Library serves 15,454 people from 4 branches. In 2024 it lent 3.2 items for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C−Civic life#763 of 866 in OntarioWhat Smithville’s civic life grade weighs
Smithville gets a C− for civic life, #763 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Smithville: 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.
Smithville mailing addresses hold 23 registered charities
It works out to 1.4 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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.
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 681 visits
The year 2024 at West Lincoln Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
4 public libraries in Smithville
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Smithville.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Smithville
Does Smithville have a public library?
Yes, 4: West Lincoln Public Library - Caistorville Branch, West Lincoln Public Library - Smithville Branch, West Lincoln Public Library - Wellandport Branch and West Lincoln Public Library Smithvillle Branch.
How busy is West Lincoln Public Library?
Its 2024 report counts 35,412 visits in person and 49,750 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).