Photo: Kenn Chaplin from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0The nearest public library to Tay Valley is Perth & District Union Public Library, 11 km away
The next is Lanark Highlands Public Library (Lanark Highlands), 18 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Tay Valley in particular.
B−Civic life#302 of 866 in OntarioBehind Tay Valley’s civic life grade
Civic life in Tay Valley grades B−: #302 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Tay Valley has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
No registered charity gives a Tay Valley mailing address
Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
32.1% of people in Ontario did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 31.0% and 33.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 11 km from Tay Valley
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Tay Valley.
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 Tay Valley
Does Tay Valley have a public library?
There isn’t one in Tay Valley; people there use libraries such as Perth & District Union Public Library, in Perth.
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).