Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Emo has no public library of its own; the nearest is Fort Frances Public Library, 32 km away
The population Emo public library serves is 1,204. Its borrowers took out 4.2 items per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
B+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringEmo’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Emo grades B+. All three civic life inputs exist for Emo: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
12 registered charities are based in Emo, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 9.6; 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 all 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 87 visits
What Emo public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The nearest library is 32 km from Emo
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Emo.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Emo
Does Emo have a public library?
Emo has none mapped; the closest public library is Fort Frances Public Library, in Fort Frances.
How busy is Emo public library?
In 2024 it logged 4,524 in-person visits and 5,000 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).