Thornbury has one public library, L.E. Shore Library

From the centre of Thornbury, it is 2.4 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Thornbury in particular.

C⁻Civic life#773 of 866 in Ontario

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Charities

1.3 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

What Thornbury’s civic life grade weighs

With a C−, Thornbury ranks #773 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Thornbury has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Thornbury’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own C⁻Charities1.3 per 1,000 · Ontario towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 C⁺Volunteering32.1% of residents · all of Ontario, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Thornbury mailing addresses hold 14 registered charities

It works out to 1.3 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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.

Volunteering

32.1%

For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally (likely 31.0% to 33.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Thornbury’s public library

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Thornbury.

2.4kmL.E. Shore LibraryDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.

Questions about the library and civic life in Thornbury

Does Thornbury have a public library?

Yes: L.E. Shore Library.

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).