Photo: Peter Giesbrecht · CC BY-SA 3.04 public library branches serve South-West Oxford
They are Brownsville Public Library, Mount Elgin Public Library, Oxford County Library - Brownsville and 1 more. South-West Oxford has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
C+Civic life#678 of 866 in OntarioBehind South-West Oxford’s civic life grade
With a C+, South-West Oxford ranks #678 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for South-West Oxford, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
6 registered charities are based in South-West Oxford, by mailing address
That is 0.7 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
32.1%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Ontario at 32.1% in 2023, somewhere between 31.0% and 33.2%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
South-West Oxford’s 4 public libraries
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of South-West Oxford.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in South-West Oxford
Does South-West Oxford have a public library?
Yes, 4: Brownsville Public Library, Mount Elgin Public Library, Oxford County Library - Brownsville and Oxford County Library - Mount Elgin.
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).