Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Township of St. Joseph Public Library logs 1.7 visits per person served, fewer than 88% of Ontario’s town libraries
A single building, Township of St. Joseph Public Library, serves 1,426 people. 4.4 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
CCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind St. Joseph’s civic life grade
Civic life in St. Joseph grades C. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for St. Joseph.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
No registered charity gives a St. Joseph mailing address
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%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 32.1% of people across Ontario in 2023, likely 31.0% to 33.2%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 47 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Township of St. Joseph Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
St. Joseph’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of St. Joseph, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in St. Joseph
Does St. Joseph have a public library?
Yes: Township of St. Joseph Public Library.
How busy is Township of St. Joseph Public Library?
For 2024 it reported 6,300 loans and 2,444 in-person visits.
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).