Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary has no public library of its own; the nearest is Beaver Valley Public Library, 1.4 km away
After it comes Trail & District Public Library (Trail), 13 km away. No library board reports for Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
A−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringElectoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s civic life grade, input by input
Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary gets a A− for civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
No registered charity gives a Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary mailing address
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%
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.
The nearest library is 1.4 km from Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary
Does Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary have a public library?
The map shows none in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary; Beaver Valley Public Library, in Fruitvale, is the closest.
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).














