Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe nearest public library to Electoral Area E, East Kootenay is Kimberley Public Library, 18 km away
After it comes Cranbrook Public Library (Cranbrook), 34 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Electoral Area E, East Kootenay in particular.
A−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Electoral Area E, East Kootenay’s civic life grade
Civic life in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay grades A−. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Electoral Area E, East Kootenay, 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.
Electoral Area E, East Kootenay mailing addresses hold 3 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.6; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
Across British Columbia, 36.9% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 35.2% to 38.7%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 18 km from Electoral Area E, East Kootenay
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Electoral Area E, East Kootenay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay
Does Electoral Area E, East Kootenay have a public library?
None is mapped in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay; the nearest is Kimberley Public Library, in Kimberley.
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).