Photo: Maclean25 at English Wikipedia · Public domainChetwynd’s public library is Chetwynd Public Library
Chetwynd Public Library serves 5,025 people, more than Chetwynd alone, so its figures cover the wider area. 8.4 visits per person served came through its doors in 2025. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to British Columbia’s statistics.
B+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringChetwynd’s civic life grade, input by input
Chetwynd’s civic life grade is B+. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Chetwynd, 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.
Chetwynd mailing addresses hold 14 registered charities
It works out to 5.6 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%
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.
About 116 visits a day
Everything counted at Chetwynd Public Library in 2025: visits, loans and cards.
Chetwynd’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Chetwynd.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Chetwynd
Does Chetwynd have a public library?
Yes: Chetwynd Public Library.
How busy is Chetwynd Public Library?
It counted 42,198 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).