Photo: Mosbo6 · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.6 visits per person served, Whitewater Region Public Library is quieter than 89% of Ontario’s town libraries
The 5,894 people Whitewater Region Public Library serves have 3 branches to choose from. In 2024 it lent 2.3 items for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C+Civic life#449 of 866 in OntarioBehind Whitewater Region’s civic life grade
Civic life in Whitewater Region grades C+: #449 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. Whitewater Region has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
12 registered charities give a Whitewater Region mailing address
It works out to 1.5 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
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
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 180 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Whitewater Region Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Whitewater Region’s 3 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Whitewater Region, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Rather than Whitewater Region’s census count, the rates use the population the library board says it serves.
Questions about the library and civic life in Whitewater Region
Does Whitewater Region have a public library?
Yes, 3: Whitewater Region Public Library - Beachburg Branch, Whitewater Region Public Library - Cobden Branch and Whitewater Region Public Library - Foresters Falls Branch.
How busy is Whitewater Region Public Library?
For 2024 it reported 13,642 loans and 9,360 in-person visits.
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).