Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.0Kelowna’s public library works from 4 branches
By name: ORL: Kelowna Branch, ORL: Mission Branch, ORL: Rutland Branch and 1 more. Kelowna has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
BCivic life#174 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Kelowna’s civic life grade
Civic life in Kelowna grades B: #174 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Kelowna 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.
290 registered charities give a Kelowna mailing address
That is 1.7 per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical British Columbia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses British Columbia as a whole: 36.9% volunteered formally in 2023, between 35.2% and 38.7%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Kelowna’s 4 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Kelowna, as the crow flies.
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 Kelowna
Does Kelowna have a public library?
Yes, 4: ORL: Kelowna Branch, ORL: Mission Branch, ORL: Rutland Branch and ORL: UBCO Branch.
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).