Photo: Ken Walker · CC BY-SA 3.0Courtenay’s public library is VIRL: Courtenay Branch
The library is 1.3 km from the centre of Courtenay. No library board reports for Courtenay alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
A−Civic life#67 of 254 in British ColumbiaCourtenay’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Courtenay grades A−: #67 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Courtenay, 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.
90 registered charities give a Courtenay mailing address
It works out to 2.7 per 1,000 residents, where the typical British Columbia town has 1.2 and Canada’s 1.4. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
36.9%
Between 35.2% and 38.7% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally in 2023, 36.9% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Courtenay’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Courtenay.
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 Courtenay
Does Courtenay have a public library?
Yes: VIRL: Courtenay 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).