Photo: Konstantin Papushin · CC BY-SA 2.0University’s public library is Earth Sciences Library (Noranda)
Earth Sciences Library (Noranda) serves the whole of Toronto, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 3,110,984 people, University among them. Loans ran to 3.7 items per person served in 2024. 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 University’s civic life grade weighs
University gets a B− for civic life, #92 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for University: 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 University 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%
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
Each figure is per person served, set against 195 town libraries in Ontario’s statistics for 2024.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 268,633 visits
What Earth Sciences Library (Noranda) counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
University’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of University.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from University or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in University
Does University have a public library?
Yes: Earth Sciences Library (Noranda).
How busy is Earth Sciences Library (Noranda)?
People made 13,968,916 visits in person and borrowed 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).