Photo: TheWxResearcher · CC0Windsor public library logs 2.1 visits per person served, fewer than 80% of Ontario’s town libraries
From 12 branches, Windsor public library serves 234,219 people. Loans ran to 3.1 items per person served in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
–Civic lifeNot gradedThe three inputs behind a civic life grade for Windsor
Not graded: a city is graded through its neighbourhoods, each on its own figures.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Windsor mailing addresses hold 414 registered charities
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%
Across Ontario, 32.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.0% to 33.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 1 of 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 195 town libraries in Ontario’s statistics for 2024.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 9,591 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Windsor public library, in the library’s own counts.
12 public libraries in Windsor
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Windsor.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Windsor
Does Windsor have a public library?
Yes, 12: Bridgeview Public Library, Central Resource Library, Fontainbleau Library, Leddy Library and 8 more.
How busy is Windsor public library?
It counted 498,732 in-person visits and lent 720,746 items in 2024.
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).