Photo: EelamStyleZ · CC BY-SA 4.0Malvern East has two public libraries, Toronto Public Library - Burrows Hall and Toronto Public Library - Malvern
Toronto Public Library serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, Malvern East among them. 3.7 items per person served went out on loan 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 Malvern East’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Malvern East grades B−: #92 of the 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 Malvern East.
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 Malvern East on its own: the charities are those of all of Toronto. That is 1.8 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
Across Ontario, 32.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.0% to 33.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 195 town libraries in Ontario’s statistics for 2024.
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.
Malvern East’s 2 public libraries
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Malvern East.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Tourists, commuters and neighbours all add to the visits, and nobody records which of them live in Malvern East.
Questions about the library and civic life in Malvern East
Does Malvern East have a public library?
Yes, 2: Toronto Public Library - Burrows Hall and Toronto Public Library - Malvern.
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).