West Lorne has two public libraries, Elgin County Library - Rodney and West Lorne Library

Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for West Lorne in particular.

C⁺Civic life#490 of 866 in Ontario

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Libraries

Charities

2.9 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

What West Lorne’s civic life grade weighs

With a C+, West Lorne ranks #490 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and West Lorne has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

C⁺

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of West Lorne’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own B⁻Charities2.9 per 1,000 · Ontario towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 C⁺Volunteering32.1% of residents · all of Ontario, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

West Lorne mailing addresses hold 16 registered charities

Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.9; 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.

Volunteering

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.

The libraries

2 public libraries in West Lorne

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of West Lorne.

3.1kmWest Lorne LibraryDirections →4.7kmElgin County Library - RodneyDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.

Questions about the library and civic life in West Lorne

Does West Lorne have a public library?

Yes, 2: Elgin County Library - Rodney and West Lorne Library.

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).