Photo: Renard Franco · CC0Russell Public Library logs 1.3 visits per person served, fewer than 94% of Ontario’s town libraries
The 22,630 people Russell Public Library serves have 2 branches to choose from. 5.1 items per person served went out on loan in 2024. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
DCivic life#852 of 866 in OntarioEmbrun’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Embrun grades D: #852 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. 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 Embrun.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
22 registered charities are based in Embrun, by mailing address
It works out to 0.9 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%
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.
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 550 visits
The year 2024 at Russell Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Embrun’s 2 public libraries
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Embrun.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.
Questions about the library and civic life in Embrun
Does Embrun have a public library?
Yes, 2: Russell Public Library - Embrun Branch and Russell Public Library - Russell Branch.
How busy is Russell Public Library?
In 2024 it logged 28,600 in-person visits and 115,795 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).