Photo: Wakasui · CC0No public library stands in Holdom: the closest, Tommy Douglas Branch, is 2.2 km away
The library figures on this page are Burnaby’s: Burnaby Public Library serves all 299,682 people of the city, Holdom among them. 5.1 visits per person served came through its doors in 2025. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to British Columbia’s public library statistics.
BCivic life#156 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Holdom’s civic life grade
Civic life in Holdom grades B: #156 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. All three civic life inputs exist for Holdom: 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.
Burnaby mailing addresses hold 365 registered charities
There is no count for Holdom on its own: the charities are those of all of Burnaby. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.2; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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.
Ahead of most of British Columbia’s town libraries on all 2 measures
Per person served, against the 32 town libraries in British Columbia’s 2025 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 4,225 visits a day
Everything counted at Burnaby Public Library in 2025: visits, loans and cards.
The nearest library is 2.2 km from Holdom
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Holdom.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in Holdom
Does Holdom have a public library?
There isn’t one in Holdom; people there use libraries such as Tommy Douglas Branch, in Heights.
How busy is Burnaby Public Library?
It counted 1,541,976 in-person visits in 2025.
Library statistics: BC Public Libraries Statistics, 2025. 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).