Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0Castlegar’s public library is Castlegar & District Public Library
The library is 4 km from the centre of Castlegar. No library board reports for Castlegar alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
ACivic life#19 of 254 in British ColumbiaWhat Castlegar’s civic life grade weighs
Castlegar gets a A for civic life, #19 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Castlegar 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.
42 registered charities are based in Castlegar, by mailing address
It works out to 4.4 per 1,000 residents, where the typical British Columbia town has 1.2 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
36.9%
One figure covers all of British Columbia: in 2023, 36.9% of its people gave time to an organization (between 35.2% and 38.7%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Castlegar’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Castlegar.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Castlegar
Does Castlegar have a public library?
Yes: Castlegar & District Public Library.
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).