Bookstores in Ottawa: list of 42 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Ottawa?

OpenStreetMap lists 42 named bookstores inside the Ottawa city boundary (2,884 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 45% of the records list a website and 40% a phone number; 23 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: All Books, Barely Bruised Books, Black Squirrel Books & Cafe.

Bookstores in Ottawa at a glance: most are in Lowertown (7), Centretown (6), Nepean (5); the busiest street is Wellington Street West, Hintonburg (3); records were last edited between Jan 2017 and Nov 2026; chain names include Indigo and Coles; Barely Bruised Books and Book Bazaar list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 7 records, including Black Squirrel Books & Cafe, Upstart & Crow, Hintonburg Kids, Le Coin du Livre.

42named bookstores
45%list a website
23no website listed
15neighbourhoods
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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 11 Nov 2026. The CSV is under the same licence.

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Bookstores in Ottawa, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business Street and area Website Phone Hours
All Booksnot edited since 2017 Lowertown, no street on record
Barely Bruised Books 315 Wilbrod Street, Sandy Hill ottawabookstore.ca +1 613-981-7718
Black Squirrel Books & Cafe 1073 Bank Street, Alta Vista blacksquirrelbooks.ca
Body & Soul MAGSnot edited since 2018 422 Rideau Street, Sandy Hill
Book Bazaar 417 Bank Street, Centretown +1-613-233-4380
Books on Beechwoodnot edited since 2019 35 Beechwood Avenue, Lowertown booksonbeechwood.ca
Carleton University Book Store 1125 Colonel By Drive, Alta Vista bkstr.com
Chaptersnot edited since 2019 2401 City Park Drive, Gloucester
Colesnot edited since 2019 100 Bayshore Drive, Nepean
Colesnot edited since 2019 2121 Carling Avenue, Westboro
Colesnot edited since 2019 2277 Riverside Drive, Alta Vista
Connections, the Campus Storenot edited since 2019 Nepean, no street on record
Great Canadian Booknot edited since 2019 South Keys, no street on record
Hintonburg Kids 1097 Wellington Street West, Hintonburg hintonburgkids.com +1-613-321-7249
Indigo 400 Earl Grey Drive, Kanata
Indigo 125 Riocan Avenue, Barrhaven chapters.indigo.ca +1-613-843-0045
Indigo 2210 Bank Street, South Keys +1-613-521-9199
Indigo 2025 Mer Bleue Road, Orléans
Indigo 50 Rideau Street, Lowertown
Indigo 2735 Iris Street, Nepean chapters.indigo.ca +1-613-596-3003
Indigo SpiritIndigonot edited since 2019 110 Place-d'Orléans Drive, Orléans
l 101 Richmond Road, Westboro
Le Coin du Livre 2200 Montréal Road, Gloucester coindulivre.ca +1 613-746-1242
Les Éditions du Vermillonnot edited since 2022 305 St. Patrick Street, Lowertown leseditionsduvermillon.ca +1-613-241-4032
Librairie Du Soleil 33 George Street, Lowertown +1 613-241-6999
Love Lyla Books 95 Richmond Road, Westboro lovelylabooks.com +1-613-219-5243
Myths, Legends & Heros 240 Bank Street, Centretown
Octopus Books 116 Third Avenue, Centretown octopusbooks.ca +1-613-233-2589
Patrick McGahern Books 11 Murray Street, Lowertown mcgahernbooks.ca +1 613-230-2275
Perfect Books 258A Elgin Street, Centretown perfectbooks.ca +1-613-231-6468
Re-Read Used Books 160 Blanca Street, Riverside South
Re-Read Used Books 1488 Stittsville Main Street, Stittsville rereadusedbooks.com +1-613-435-8344
Second Editions Used Book Storenot edited since 2018 Nepean, no street on record
Singing Pebble Books 206 Main Street, Centretown singingpebblebooks.ca +1-613-230-9165
The Book Marketnot edited since 2018 1675 Tenth Line Road, Orléans
The Book Wormnot edited since 2019 1599 Tenth Line Road, Orléans
The Comic Book Shoppe 1400 Clyde Avenue, Nepean thecomicbookshoppe.com
The Leading Notenot edited since 2019 370 Elgin Street, Centretown
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore 1131 Wellington Street West, Hintonburg thespanielstale.ca +1-613-724-3000
Upstart & Crow 541 Sussex Drive, Lowertown upstartottawa.com
Watson's Mill Used Book Storenot edited since 2019 5524 Dickinson Street, Manotick
World of Maps 1191 Wellington Street West, Hintonburg worldofmaps.com +1-613-724-6776

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Bookstores in Ottawa with no website listed

5 of 31 named non-chain bookstores.

  • Book Bazaar417 Bank Street, Centretown, phone listed
  • l101 Richmond Road, Westboro
  • Librairie Du Soleil33 George Street, Lowertown, phone listed
  • Myths, Legends & Heros240 Bank Street, Centretown
  • Re-Read Used Books160 Blanca Street, Riverside South

Show all of themEvery kind of business in Ottawa without a website

Where they are

Map of the 42 bookstores inside the Ottawa boundary; most sit around Lowertown, Centretown, Nepean.
website listedno website, or social page only

Busiest streets

  • Wellington Street West, Hintonburg3

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

3 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

By postcode district

  • K1N3
  • K1S3
  • K1Y3
  • K2P2

Chains and non-chain businesses

26% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 31 are not.

  • Indigo7
  • Coles3

What the records hold

42 map records.
FieldRecordsShare
Street address3890%
Website (own site)1945%
Phone on file1740%
Email on file (not shown)37%
Opening hours2355%
Chain or brand branch1126%
Edited since January 20242457%

Half the records were last edited in Oct 2024 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

  • Coverage. 42 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
  • Boundary. 2,884 km² (map); metro searches count more.
  • Names. 11 branches each count once.

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  1. Open Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store and sign in or create a free Apify account.
  2. Paste these 2 searches into Search phrases, one per line; the neighbourhood searches catch businesses a citywide search misses.
    1. bookstores in Ottawa, Canada
    2. bookstores in Lowertown, Ottawa, Canada
  3. Set Country: Canada; US state: All (nationwide).
  4. Set Maximum leads to 300.
  5. Start it and download the results as CSV or Excel.

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  1. bookstores in K1N, Ottawa, Canada
  2. bookstores in K1S, Ottawa, Canada
  3. bookstores in K1Y, Ottawa, Canada
  4. bookstores in K2P, Ottawa, Canada

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Bookstores in other cities

CityNamedWebsite listed
Bookstores in Toronto10850%
Bookstores in Montreal9152%
Bookstores in Vancouver3773%
Bookstores in Edmonton3027%
Bookstores in Calgary2572%
Bookstores in Winnipeg1729%
Bookstores in Hamilton1729%
Bookstores in Victoria1164%
Bookstores in Paris59550%
Bookshops in London32458%

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in Ottawa?

At least 42: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Ottawa city boundary, 42 with a name (extract of 11 Nov 2026). 11 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Ottawa has the most bookstores?

Lowertown (7), then Centretown (6) and Nepean (5); the busiest street is Wellington Street West, Hintonburg (3). 15 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Ottawa have no website?

23 of the 42 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 5 of them are not chain branches.

How do I get phone numbers and emails for bookstores in Ottawa?

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookstores in Ottawa, Canada" plus 1 neighbourhood searches such as "bookstores in Lowertown, Ottawa, Canada". One run costs about $0.44 to $0.64 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 42 to 240 rows.

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