Photo: Pittaway Studio · Public domainEach person Ottawa Public Library serves borrows 7.6 items, more than at 91% of Ontario’s town libraries
The library figures on this page are Ottawa’s: Ottawa Public Library serves all 1,083,550 people of the city, Centrepointe - Briargreen among them. 3.4 visits per person served came through its doors in 2024. Visits here are a typical week’s count times 52, Ontario’s method, so read them as an estimate.
C+Civic life#498 of 866 in OntarioBehind Centrepointe - Briargreen’s civic life grade
Civic life in Centrepointe - Briargreen grades C+: #498 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 Centrepointe - Briargreen.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
1,975 registered charities are based in Ottawa, by mailing address
There is no count for Centrepointe - Briargreen on its own: the charities are those of all of Ottawa. That is 1.7 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Ontario town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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 2 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 70,779 visits in a typical week
The year 2024 at Ottawa Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Centrepointe - Briargreen’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Centrepointe - Briargreen.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in Centrepointe - Briargreen
Does Centrepointe - Briargreen have a public library?
Yes: Ottawa Public Library - Nepean Centrepointe Branch.
How busy is Ottawa Public Library?
The 2024 totals: 3,680,508 in-person visits, 8,205,895 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).