Photo: Vertiflite · CC BY-SA 3.0Vaughan Public Libraries logs 5.7 visits per person served, more than 87% of Ontario’s town libraries
Vaughan Public Libraries has 13 branches for the 344,930 people it serves. 3.8 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.
–Civic lifeNot gradedWhat a civic life grade would weigh in Vaughan
Not graded: a city is graded through its neighbourhoods, each on its own figures.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
463 registered charities are based in Vaughan, by mailing address
It works out to 1.3 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%
The whole province shares one estimate: 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023 (between 31.0% and 33.2%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 1 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 38,016 visits
The year 2024 at Vaughan Public Libraries, in the library’s own counts.
Vaughan’s 13 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Vaughan, as the crow flies.
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 Vaughan.
Questions about the library and civic life in Vaughan
Does Vaughan have a public library?
Yes, 13: Ansley Grove Library, Bathurst Clark Resource Library, Carrville Library, Civic Centre Resource Library and 9 more.
How busy is Vaughan Public Libraries?
In 2024 it logged 1,976,832 in-person visits and 1,302,135 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).