Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Mattawa has no public library of its own; the nearest is Phelps Public Library, 41 km away
The next is East Ferris Public Library (East Ferris), 46 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Mattawa in particular.
CCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringMattawa’s civic life grade, input by input
Mattawa gets a C for civic life. Mattawa has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
14 registered charities give a Mattawa mailing address
It works out to 6.4 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally (likely 31.0% to 33.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 41 km from Mattawa
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Mattawa.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.
Questions about the library and civic life in Mattawa
Does Mattawa have a public library?
None is mapped in Mattawa; the nearest is Phelps Public Library, in Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part.
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).