The nearest public library to Coldstream is ORL: Vernon Branch, 5.2 km away

The next is Vernon Branch (Vernon), 5.5 km away. No library board reports for Coldstream alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

C⁺Civic life#242 of 254 in British Columbia

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Civic life grade

Behind Coldstream’s civic life grade

With a C+, Coldstream ranks #242 of 254 British Columbia towns on civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Coldstream has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Coldstream’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own DCharities1.1 per 1,000 · British Columbia towns 1.2 · Canada 1.4 B⁺Volunteering36.9% of residents · all of British Columbia, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Coldstream mailing addresses hold 12 registered charities

It works out to 1.1 per 1,000 residents, where the typical British Columbia town has 1.2 and Canada’s 1.4. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

36.9%

36.9% of people in British Columbia did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 35.2% and 38.7%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 5.2 km from Coldstream

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Coldstream.

5.2kmORL: Vernon BranchVernonWebsite →5.5kmVernon BranchVernonDirections →17kmOyama BranchLake CountryDirections →18kmORL: Lumby BranchLumbyWebsite →18kmSicamous BranchSpallumcheenDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Coldstream

Does Coldstream have a public library?

No library is mapped inside Coldstream, and the nearest one is ORL: Vernon Branch in Vernon.

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).