Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0No public library stands in Danforth: the closest, Toronto Public Library - Danforth/Coxwell, is 0.7 km away
Danforth is served by Toronto public library, the library of all of Toronto, so the figures here are the city’s, for 3,110,984 people. In 2024 it lent 3.7 items for every person it serves. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
B−Civic life#92 of 866 in OntarioWhat Danforth’s civic life grade weighs
With a B−, Danforth 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 Danforth.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
5,846 registered charities are based in Toronto, by mailing address
There is no count for Danforth 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 nearest library is 0.7 km from Danforth
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Danforth.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Danforth or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Danforth
Does Danforth have a public library?
The map shows none in Danforth; Toronto Public Library - Danforth/Coxwell, in Woodbine Corridor, is the closest.
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).