Photo: GTD Aquitaine · Public domainGuildwood has one public library, Toronto Public Library - Guildwood
Toronto Public Library serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, Guildwood among them. In 2024 it lent 3.7 items for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
B−Civic life#92 of 866 in OntarioBehind Guildwood’s civic life grade
With a B−, Guildwood 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 Guildwood.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Toronto mailing addresses hold 5,846 registered charities
There is no count for Guildwood 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. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Ontario at 32.1% in 2023, somewhere between 31.0% and 33.2%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 268,633 visits in a typical week
Everything counted at Toronto Public Library in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Guildwood’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Guildwood.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Guildwood or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Guildwood
Does Guildwood have a public library?
Yes: Toronto Public Library - Guildwood.
How busy is Toronto Public Library?
It counted 13,968,916 in-person visits and lent 11,595,454 items in 2024.
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).