Photo: Miguel Andrade · Public domainAt 7.6 loans per person served, Ottawa public library lends more than 91% of Ontario’s town libraries
Ottawa public library serves the whole of Ottawa, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,083,550 people, Old Ottawa East 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 Old Ottawa East’s civic life grade
With a C+, Old Ottawa East ranks #498 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Old Ottawa East: 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 Old Ottawa East on its own: the charities are those of all of Ottawa. It works out to 1.7 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Ontario town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
32.1%
32.1% of people in Ontario did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 31.0% and 33.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs 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.
A typical week brings about 70,779 visits
What Ottawa public library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
The nearest library is 1.7 km from Old Ottawa East
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Old Ottawa East.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Old Ottawa East
Does Old Ottawa East have a public library?
Not within Old Ottawa East itself: the closest is Ottawa Public Library - Main Branch, in Centretown.
How busy is Ottawa public library?
In 2024 it logged 3,680,508 in-person visits and 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).