Photo: Earl Andrew · CC BY-SA 4.0At 7.6 loans per person served, Ottawa Public Library lends more than 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, Laurentian among them. In 2024 it logged 3.4 visits for every person it serves. Ontario counts visits over one typical week and multiplies by 52, so the yearly figure is an estimate.
C+Civic life#498 of 866 in OntarioBehind Laurentian’s civic life grade
Laurentian gets a C+ for civic life, #498 of 866 towns graded in Ontario. All three civic life inputs exist for Laurentian: 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.
1,975 registered charities are based in Ottawa, by mailing address
There is no count for Laurentian on its own: the charities are those of all of Ottawa. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.7; 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%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Ontario at 32.1% in 2023, somewhere between 31.0% and 33.2%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Ontario’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 195 town libraries in 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 Laurentian
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Laurentian.
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 Laurentian
Does Laurentian have a public library?
Yes, 2: Greenberg Families Library and Ottawa Public Library - Carlingwood Branch.
How busy is Ottawa Public Library?
3,680,508 in-person visits and 8,205,895 items borrowed in 2024.
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).