Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Hope’s public library is FVRL: Hope Library
It stands 0.2 km from the centre of Hope. No library board reports for Hope alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
B+Civic life#138 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Hope’s civic life grade
With a B+, Hope ranks #138 of 254 British Columbia towns on civic life. Hope 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.
22 registered charities give a Hope mailing address
It works out to 3.1 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%
36.9% of people in British Columbia did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 35.2% and 38.7%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Hope’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Hope.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Hope
Does Hope have a public library?
Yes: FVRL: Hope 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).