Photo: KenWalker · CC BY-SA 4.0No public library stands in Fairwinds: the closest, VIRL: Parksville Branch, is 11 km away
After it comes Headquarters (Nanaimo), 11 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Fairwinds in particular.
B−Civic life#188 of 254 in British ColumbiaWhat Fairwinds’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Fairwinds grades B−: #188 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Fairwinds 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.
14 registered charities are based in Fairwinds, by mailing address
It works out to 2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical British Columbia town has 1.2 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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.
The closest is 11 km from Fairwinds
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Fairwinds.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Fairwinds
Does Fairwinds have a public library?
No, but VIRL: Parksville Branch in Parksville is the nearest public library to Fairwinds.
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).