Well, a majority of our libraries have them – the larger you the more likely but towns are catching up quickly and this is 2017 data.
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Makerspace and Other Labs,
Ontario Public Library Percents and Totals by Band 2017 data
All Ontario libraries
(309 non-contracting libraries
reporting in 2017)
Total No. of % of Total No. of % of Total No.
Number of Libraries Libraries No. of Libraries Libraries of 3D
Libraries with Labs with Labs Labs with 3D with 3D Printers
309 libraries 121 39 235 73 24 209
Band 1 (Resident population greater than 250,000)
(9 libraries) 8 89 49 8 89 68
Band 2 (Resident population greater than 100,000 and fewer than 250,001)
(19 libraries) 15 79 22 18 95 52
Band 3 (Resident population greater than 50,000 and fewer than 100,001)
(24 libraries) 15 63 38 15 63 39
Band 4 (Resident population greater than 30,000 and fewer than 50,001)
(16 libraries) 7 44 12 8 50 13
Band 5 (Resident population greater than 15,000 and fewer than 30,001)
(28 libraries) 12 43 13 10 36 19
Band 6 (Resident population greater than 5,000 and fewer than 15,001)
(63 libraries) 19 30 22 4 6 5
Band 7 (Resident population greater than 2,500 and fewer than 5,001)
(35 libraries) 8 23 16 3 9 5
Band 8 (Resident population fewer than 2,501)
(70 libraries) 24 34 46 4 6 5
First Nations’ Libraries
(45 libraries) 13 29 17 3 7 3
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