Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0At 2.1 visits per person served, W.F. Bill Chisholm Library is quieter than 80% of Ontario’s town libraries
The library figures on this page are Windsor’s: W.F. Bill Chisholm Library serves all 234,219 people of the city, South Walkerville among them. Loans ran to 3.1 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
CCivic life#735 of 866 in OntarioSouth Walkerville’s civic life grade, input by input
With a C, South Walkerville ranks #735 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 South Walkerville.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
414 registered charities are based in Windsor, by mailing address
There is no count for South Walkerville on its own: the charities are those of all of Windsor. It works out to 1.5 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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 2023 survey gives Ontario one volunteering rate for all its towns, 32.1% (between 31.0% and 33.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 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.
A typical week brings about 9,591 visits
The year 2024 at W.F. Bill Chisholm Library, in the library’s own counts.
South Walkerville’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of South Walkerville.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in South Walkerville
Does South Walkerville have a public library?
Yes: W.F. Bill Chisholm Library.
How busy is W.F. Bill Chisholm Library?
In 2024 it logged 498,732 in-person visits and 720,746 loans.
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).