Photo: Michael from Calgary, AB, Canada · CC BY 2.0Caledonia-Fairbank has no public library of its own; the nearest is Toronto Public Library - Maria A. Shchuka, 0.8 km away
Toronto public library serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, Caledonia-Fairbank among them. 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.
B−Civic life#92 of 866 in OntarioWhat Caledonia-Fairbank’s civic life grade weighs
Caledonia-Fairbank gets a B− for civic life, #92 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Caledonia-Fairbank.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
5,846 registered charities give a Toronto mailing address
There is no count for Caledonia-Fairbank on its own: the charities are those of all of Toronto. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.8; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 268,633 visits in a typical week
What Toronto public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The closest is 0.8 km from Caledonia-Fairbank
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Caledonia-Fairbank.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Visitors and people from nearby towns are in the count too; how many live in Caledonia-Fairbank isn’t recorded.
Questions about the library and civic life in Caledonia-Fairbank
Does Caledonia-Fairbank have a public library?
Not in Caledonia-Fairbank: the nearest public library is Toronto Public Library - Maria A. Shchuka, in Oakwood Village.
How busy is Toronto public library?
The 2024 totals: 13,968,916 in-person visits, 11,595,454 loans.
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).