Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Toronto Public Library - Albert Campbell and Toronto Public Library - Eglinton Square are Clairlea-Birchmount’s two public libraries
The library figures on this page are Toronto’s: Toronto Public Library serves all 3,110,984 people of the city, Clairlea-Birchmount among them. 3.7 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
B−Civic life#92 of 866 in OntarioClairlea-Birchmount’s civic life grade, input by input
With a B−, Clairlea-Birchmount ranks #92 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. 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 Clairlea-Birchmount.
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 Clairlea-Birchmount on its own: the charities are those of all of Toronto. It works out to 1.8 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%
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.
A typical week brings about 268,633 visits
The year 2024 at Toronto Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Clairlea-Birchmount’s 2 public libraries
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Clairlea-Birchmount.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Clairlea-Birchmount’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Clairlea-Birchmount
Does Clairlea-Birchmount have a public library?
Yes, 2: Toronto Public Library - Albert Campbell and Toronto Public Library - Eglinton Square.
How busy is Toronto Public Library?
Over 2024: 11,595,454 items out on loan, 13,968,916 visits through the door.
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).