Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainNo public library stands in South Slope: the closest, Bob Prittie Metrotown Library, is 2.1 km away
South Slope is served by Burnaby Public Library, the library of all of Burnaby, so the figures here are the city’s, for 299,682 people. It counted 5.1 in-person visits per person served in 2025. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to British Columbia’s public library statistics.
BCivic life#156 of 254 in British ColumbiaWhat South Slope’s civic life grade weighs
With a B, South Slope ranks #156 of 254 British Columbia towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for South Slope: 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 South Slope on its own: the charities are those of all of Burnaby. That is 1.2 per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical British Columbia 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.
36.9%
Between 35.2% and 38.7% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally in 2023, 36.9% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
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.
Some 4,225 visits on an average day
Everything counted at Burnaby Public Library in 2025: visits, loans and cards.
The closest is 2.1 km from South Slope
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of South Slope.
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 South Slope
Does South Slope have a public library?
Not in South Slope: the nearest public library is Bob Prittie Metrotown Library, in Metrotown.
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).