Photo: Fabian Roudra Baroi · CC BY-SA 4.0No public library stands in Taylor-Massey: the closest, Toronto Public Library - Dawes Road, is 0.6 km away
Taylor-Massey 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. 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 OntarioWhat Taylor-Massey’s civic life grade weighs
With a B−, Taylor-Massey 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 Taylor-Massey.
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 Taylor-Massey 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. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
32.1%
In 2023, 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 31.0% and 33.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
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
What Toronto public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The nearest library is 0.6 km from Taylor-Massey
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Taylor-Massey.
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 Taylor-Massey itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Taylor-Massey
Does Taylor-Massey have a public library?
The map shows none in Taylor-Massey; Toronto Public Library - Dawes Road, in O'Connor-Parkview, is the closest.
How busy is Toronto public library?
Its 2024 report counts 13,968,916 visits in person and 11,595,454 items lent.
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).