More visits per person served than 87% of Ontario’s town libraries: Vaughan public library counts 5.7
Teston is served by Vaughan public library, the library of all of Vaughan, so the figures here are the city’s, for 344,930 people. 3.8 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
B−Civic life#272 of 866 in OntarioWhat Teston’s civic life grade weighs
Teston gets a B− for civic life, #272 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Teston: 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.
463 registered charities give a Vaughan mailing address
There is no count for Teston on its own: the charities are those of all of Vaughan. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.3; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
The 2023 survey gives Ontario one volunteering rate for all its towns, 32.1% (between 31.0% and 33.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 1 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 38,016 visits
What Vaughan public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The closest is 1.6 km from Teston
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Teston.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Teston or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Teston
Does Teston have a public library?
None is mapped in Teston; the nearest is Vaughan Public Libraries - Maple Branch, in Maple.
How busy is Vaughan public library?
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).