Photo: Ruth Hartnup from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0Cumberland has one public library, VIRL: Cumberland Branch
It sits 0.2 km from the centre of Cumberland. No library board reports for Cumberland alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
BCivic life#177 of 254 in British ColumbiaCumberland’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Cumberland grades B: #177 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Cumberland has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
5 registered charities are based in Cumberland, by mailing address
It works out to 1 per 1,000 residents, where the typical British Columbia town has 1.2 and Canada’s 1.4. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
36.9%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses British Columbia as a whole: 36.9% volunteered formally in 2023, between 35.2% and 38.7%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Cumberland’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Cumberland, 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 Cumberland
Does Cumberland have a public library?
Yes: VIRL: Cumberland 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).