Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainNo public library stands in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay: the closest, Castlegar & District Public Library, is 11 km away
The next is Nelson Public Library (Nelson), 22 km away. No library board reports for Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
ACivic life#19 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay’s civic life grade
Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay gets a A for civic life, #19 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
No registered charity gives a Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay mailing address
The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
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.
The closest is 11 km from Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay
Does Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay have a public library?
No, but Castlegar & District Public Library in Castlegar is the nearest public library to Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay.
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).