Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer visits per person served than 85% of Ontario’s town libraries: Thessalon public library counts 1.8
The population Thessalon public library serves is 1,268. 3.7 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
CCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Thessalon’s civic life grade weighs
Thessalon’s civic life grade is C. All three civic life inputs exist for Thessalon: 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.
10 registered charities give a Thessalon mailing address
It works out to 7.3 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%
Across Ontario, 32.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.0% to 33.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 1 of 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.
About 45 visits in a typical week
What Thessalon public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The closest is 37 km from Thessalon
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Thessalon.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Thessalon
Does Thessalon have a public library?
None is mapped in Thessalon; the nearest is Township of St. Joseph Public Library, in St. Joseph.
How busy is Thessalon public library?
For 2024 it reported 4,687 loans and 2,340 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).