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Libraries · Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap

No public library stands in Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap: the closest, ORL: Golden & District Library, is 4.8 km away

Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

B+Civic life#119 of 254 in British Columbia
Civic life grade

What Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap’s civic life grade weighs

Civic life in Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap grades B+: #119 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

B+
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

No registered charity gives a Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap mailing address

Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.

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 nearest library is 4.8 km from Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.

Questions about the library and civic life in Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap

Does Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap have a public library?

Not within Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap itself: the closest is ORL: Golden & District Library, in Golden.

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).