More loans per person served than 91% of Ontario’s town libraries: Ottawa public library lends 7.6
The library figures on this page are Ottawa’s: Ottawa public library serves all 1,083,550 people of the city, Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay among them. Visits ran to 3.4 per person served in 2024. Like every Ontario library, it reports one typical week of visits, and the year is that week times 52: an estimate.
C+Civic life#498 of 866 in OntarioBehind Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay’s civic life grade
Civic life in Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay grades C+: #498 of the 866 towns graded in Ontario. Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s 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 Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay 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. 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%
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
Each figure is per person served, set against 195 town libraries in Ontario’s statistics for 2024.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 70,779 visits
The year 2024 at Ottawa public library, in the library’s own counts.
The closest is 3.3 km from Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay
Does Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay have a public library?
No, but Ottawa Public Library - Ruth E. Dickinson Branch in Old Barrhaven West is the nearest public library to Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay.
How busy is Ottawa public library?
Its 2024 report counts 3,680,508 visits in person and 8,205,895 items lent.
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).