Photo: WolfFang1990 · CC BY-SA 4.0Timmins public library lends 2.2 items per person served, fewer than 89% of Ontario’s town libraries
Timmins public library serves 41,145 people from 2 branches. Visits ran to 1.7 per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
CCivic life#759 of 866 in OntarioWhat Timmins’s civic life grade weighs
With a C, Timmins ranks #759 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Timmins: 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.
76 registered charities are based in Timmins, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.7; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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.
32.1%
The 2023 survey gives Ontario one volunteering rate for all its towns, 32.1% (between 31.0% and 33.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Behind most of Ontario’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 1,357 visits
Everything counted at Timmins public library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
2 public libraries in Timmins
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Timmins.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Timmins
Does Timmins have a public library?
Yes, 2: Timmins Public Library and C.M. Shields Centennial Public Library.
How busy is Timmins public library?
Its 2024 report counts 70,564 visits in person and 89,011 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).