Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainWelland has 3 public library branches
The population Welland Public Library serves is 55,750. Loans ran to 3.8 items per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
C+Civic life#687 of 866 in OntarioWhat Welland’s civic life grade weighs
Welland gets a C+ for civic life, #687 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Welland: 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.
99 registered charities give a Welland mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.5; the median is 1.4 for Ontario towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
32.1% of people in Ontario did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 31.0% and 33.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs 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
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 3,659 visits
The year 2024 at Welland Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
3 public libraries in Welland
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Welland.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Each rate divides by the people the library reports serving, which need not match Welland’s census population.
Questions about the library and civic life in Welland
Does Welland have a public library?
Yes, 3: Welland Public Library, Welland Public Library - Diamond Trail Branch and Welland Public Library - Seaway Mall Branch.
How busy is Welland Public Library?
Over 2024: 213,196 items out on loan, 190,268 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).