Photo: The original uploader was GreenB1983 at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0Invermere Public Library and Invermere Public Library are Invermere’s two public libraries
The figures are those of invermere public library, which serves 10,686 people in and around Invermere. Visits ran to 3.9 per person served in 2025. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to British Columbia’s statistics.
A−Civic life#87 of 254 in British ColumbiaInvermere’s civic life grade, input by input
Invermere gets a A− for civic life, #87 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Invermere, 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.
25 registered charities are based in Invermere, by mailing address
That is 5.8 per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical British Columbia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
One figure covers all of British Columbia: in 2023, 36.9% of its people gave time to an organization (between 35.2% and 38.7%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Some 115 visits on an average day
The year 2025 at invermere public library, in the library’s own counts.
Invermere’s 2 public libraries
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Invermere.
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 Invermere
Does Invermere have a public library?
Yes, 2: Invermere Public Library and Invermere Public Library.
How busy is invermere public library?
It counted 41,808 in-person visits in 2025.
Library statistics: BC Public Libraries Statistics, 2025. 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).