Photo: The Interior · CC BY-SA 4.0Blind Bay’s public library is ORL: South Shuswap Branch
From the centre of Blind Bay, it is 1.7 km away. Blind Bay has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
B+Civic life#119 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Blind Bay’s civic life grade
Civic life in Blind Bay grades B+: #119 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Blind Bay has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
5 registered charities are based in Blind Bay, by mailing address
It works out to 0.5 per 1,000 residents, where the typical British Columbia town has 1.2 and Canada’s 1.4. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
36.9%
Across British Columbia, 36.9% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 35.2% to 38.7%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Blind Bay’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Blind 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 Blind Bay
Does Blind Bay have a public library?
Yes: ORL: South Shuswap Branch.
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).