Photo: Darren Kirby from Penticton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0VIRL: Campbell River Branch is Campbell River’s public library
The library is 3.9 km from the centre of Campbell River. No library board reports for Campbell River alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
B+Civic life#148 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Campbell River’s civic life grade
Campbell River gets a B+ for civic life, #148 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Campbell River has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Campbell River mailing addresses hold 73 registered charities
That is 1.9 per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical British Columbia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 36.9% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally (likely 35.2% to 38.7%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Campbell River’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Campbell River.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.
Questions about the library and civic life in Campbell River
Does Campbell River have a public library?
Yes: VIRL: Campbell River 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).