Photo: Murray Foubister · CC BY-SA 2.0ORL: Golden & District Library is Golden’s public library
The library is 0.3 km from the centre of Golden. No library board reports for Golden alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
B+Civic life#119 of 254 in British ColumbiaGolden’s civic life grade, input by input
Golden gets a B+ for civic life, #119 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Golden has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
17 registered charities give a Golden mailing address
It works out to 3.8 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.
Golden’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Golden.
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 Golden
Does Golden have a public library?
Yes: ORL: Golden & District 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).