Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe nearest public library to Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley is VIRL: Courtenay Branch, 11 km away
After it comes VIRL: Comox Branch (Comox), 16 km away. No library board reports for Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
BCivic life#177 of 254 in British ColumbiaElectoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley grades B: #177 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley mailing addresses hold 4 registered charities
It works out to 0.4 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%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 36.9% of people across British Columbia in 2023, likely 35.2% to 38.7%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 11 km from Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley
In order of distance from the centre of Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.
Questions about the library and civic life in Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley
Does Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley have a public library?
Not within Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley itself: the closest is VIRL: Courtenay Branch, in Courtenay.
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).