No public library stands in Montague: the closest, Smith Falls Public Library, is 6.9 km away

The next is Merrickville Public Library (Merrickville), 10 km away.

C⁻Civic life#762 of 866 in Ontario

Directions Nearest libraries

No figures to show. The 2024 statistics list Montague public library, but without visits, loans or cards for it.

Civic life grade

Behind Montague’s civic life grade

With a C−, Montague ranks #762 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Montague: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Montague’s overall grade.

D⁻Library visits0 per resident · Ontario towns 4.5 B⁻Charities0 per 1,000 · Ontario towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 C⁺Volunteering32.1% of residents · all of Ontario, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

No registered charity gives a Montague mailing address

Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.

Volunteering

32.1%

One figure covers all of Ontario: in 2023, 32.1% of its people gave time to an organization (between 31.0% and 33.2%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 6.9 km from Montague

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Montague.

6.9kmSmith Falls Public LibrarySmiths FallsWebsite →10kmMerrickville Public LibraryMerrickvilleDirections →14kmNorth Grenville Public Library - Burrits Rapids BranchKemptvilleDirections →15kmRideau Lakes Public Library - South Elmsley BranchRideau LakesDirections →22kmElizabethtown Kitley Public Library - Toledo BranchElizabethtown-KitleyDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Montague

Does Montague have a public library?

There isn’t one in Montague; people there use libraries such as Smith Falls Public Library, in Smiths Falls.

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).