Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.05 public library branches serve Rideau Lakes
Rideau Lakes Public Library counts 10,883 people in its service area. In 2024 it lent 4.3 items for every person it serves. The yearly visit count is an estimate: Ontario libraries count a typical week, then multiply by 52.
BCivic life#75 of 866 in OntarioBehind Rideau Lakes’s civic life grade
With a B, Rideau Lakes ranks #75 of 866 Ontario towns on civic life. 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 Rideau Lakes.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Rideau Lakes mailing addresses hold 36 registered charities
That is 3 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%
The whole province shares one estimate: 32.1% of people in Ontario volunteered formally in 2023 (between 31.0% and 33.2%), where the ten provinces run 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
Measured per person served against the 195 town libraries of Ontario’s 2024 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
A typical week brings about 541 visits
What Rideau Lakes Public Library counted in 2024, as the library reported it.
Rideau Lakes’s 5 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Rideau Lakes, as the crow flies.
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 Rideau Lakes
Does Rideau Lakes have a public library?
Yes, 5: Westport Public Library, Rideau Lakes Public Library - Elgin Branch, Rideau Lakes Public Library - Newboro Branch, Rideau Lakes Public Library - Portland Branch and 1 more.
How busy is Rideau Lakes Public Library?
Its 2024 report counts 28,132 visits in person and 47,320 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).