Photo: James Victor Salmon · Public domainAt 5.7 visits per person served, Vaughan Public Libraries is busier than 87% of Ontario’s town libraries
The library figures on this page are Vaughan’s: Vaughan Public Libraries serves all 344,930 people of the city, Woodbridge among them. In 2024 it lent 3.8 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#272 of 866 in OntarioWhat Woodbridge’s civic life grade weighs
With a B−, Woodbridge ranks #272 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 Woodbridge.
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 Woodbridge on its own: the charities are those of all of Vaughan. That is 1.3 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%
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
Everything counted at Vaughan Public Libraries in 2024: visits, loans and cards.
Woodbridge’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Woodbridge, 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 Woodbridge.
Questions about the library and civic life in Woodbridge
Does Woodbridge have a public library?
Yes: Vaughan Public Libraries - Woodbridge Branch.
How busy is Vaughan Public Libraries?
Over 2024: 1,302,135 items out on loan, 1,976,832 visits through the door.
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).