Photo: Julius177 · CC BY-SA 4.0Sturgeon Falls’s public library works from 4 branches
Field Library serves 12,964 people. In 2024 it lent 2.9 items for every person it serves. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
CCivic life#757 of 866 in OntarioBehind Sturgeon Falls’s civic life grade
With a C, Sturgeon Falls ranks #757 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. 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 Sturgeon Falls.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
17 registered charities are based in Sturgeon Falls, by mailing address
It works out to 1 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
The whole province shares one estimate: 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023 (between 31.0% and 33.2%), where the ten provinces run from 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 761 visits
The year 2024 at Field Library, in the library’s own counts.
Sturgeon Falls’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Sturgeon Falls, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. The per-person figures use the library’s own service population, not the census count for Sturgeon Falls.
Questions about the library and civic life in Sturgeon Falls
Does Sturgeon Falls have a public library?
Yes: Field Library.
How busy is Field Library?
Its 2024 report counts 39,572 visits in person and 37,538 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).