Creston Valley Public Library is Creston’s public library

It sits 1.1 km from the centre of Creston. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Creston in particular.

ACivic life#19 of 254 in British Columbia

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Libraries

Charities

5.9 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

What Creston’s civic life grade weighs

Civic life in Creston grades A: #19 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Creston has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

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

–Library visitsNo library board of its own ACharities5.9 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

Creston mailing addresses hold 35 registered charities

That is 5.9 per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical British Columbia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%

Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 36.9% of British Columbia’s people in 2023, give or take (35.2% to 38.7%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Creston’s public library

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

1.1kmCreston Valley Public LibraryWebsite →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.

Questions about the library and civic life in Creston

Does Creston have a public library?

Yes: Creston Valley Public Library.

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).