Photo: FreshCorp619 · CC BY-SA 3.0No public library stands in Kennedy Park: the closest, Toronto Public Library - Kennedy/Eglinton, is 1.2 km away
Kennedy Park 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. Loans ran to 3.7 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
B−Civic life#92 of 866 in OntarioWhat Kennedy Park’s civic life grade weighs
Kennedy Park gets a B− for civic life, #92 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Kennedy Park: 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.
5,846 registered charities are based in Toronto, by mailing address
There is no count for Kennedy Park 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%
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
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.
The closest is 1.2 km from Kennedy Park
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Kennedy Park.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A library’s visits include people from neighbouring towns and visitors; the statistics don’t say how many come from Kennedy Park itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Kennedy Park
Does Kennedy Park have a public library?
No, but Toronto Public Library - Kennedy/Eglinton in Ionview is the nearest public library to Kennedy Park.
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).