Comox has one public library, VIRL: Comox Branch

The library is 1.3 km from the centre of Comox. No library board reports for Comox alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

A⁻Civic life#93 of 254 in British Columbia

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Libraries

Charities

2.2 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

What Comox’s civic life grade weighs

Comox gets a A− for civic life, #93 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Comox has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

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

–Library visitsNo library board of its own B⁺Charities2.2 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

35 registered charities are based in Comox, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.2; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%

The 2023 survey gives British Columbia one volunteering rate for all its towns, 36.9% (between 35.2% and 38.7%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Comox’s public library

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Comox.

1.3kmVIRL: Comox BranchWebsite →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.

Questions about the library and civic life in Comox

Does Comox have a public library?

Yes: VIRL: Comox Branch.

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).