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Libraries · Tillsonburg

Oxford County Library - Tillsonburg is Tillsonburg’s public library

It stands 1 km from the centre of Tillsonburg. No library board reports for Tillsonburg alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

B−Civic life#256 of 866 in Ontario
Libraries
1
Charities
45
2.1 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Behind Tillsonburg’s civic life grade

Tillsonburg gets a B− for civic life, #256 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. Tillsonburg has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

B−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Tillsonburg’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

45 registered charities are based in Tillsonburg, by mailing address

That is 2.1 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%

No town-level count exists, so the page uses Ontario as a whole: 32.1% volunteered formally in 2023, between 31.0% and 33.2%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Tillsonburg’s public library

In order of distance from the centre of Tillsonburg, as the crow flies.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.

Questions about the library and civic life in Tillsonburg

Does Tillsonburg have a public library?

Yes: Oxford County Library - Tillsonburg.

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).