Photo: Ross Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.0Ottawa Public Library lends 7.6 items per person served, more than 91% of Ontario’s town libraries
Fitzroy is served by Ottawa Public Library, the library of all of Ottawa, so the figures here are the city’s, for 1,083,550 people. Visits ran to 3.4 per person served in 2024. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
C+Civic life#498 of 866 in OntarioBehind Fitzroy’s civic life grade
Fitzroy gets a C+ for civic life, #498 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Fitzroy: 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.
Ottawa mailing addresses hold 1,975 registered charities
There is no count for Fitzroy 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%
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.
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
What Ottawa Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
2 public libraries in Fitzroy
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Fitzroy.
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 Fitzroy
Does Fitzroy have a public library?
Yes, 2: Ottawa Public Library - Constance Bay Branch and Ottawa Public Library - Fitzroy Harbour 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).