VIRL: Ladysmith Branch is Ladysmith’s public library

From the centre of Ladysmith, it is 0.8 km away. No library board reports for Ladysmith alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

B⁺Civic life#97 of 254 in British Columbia

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Libraries

Charities

2.7 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Behind Ladysmith’s civic life grade

Ladysmith gets a B+ for civic life, #97 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Ladysmith has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Ladysmith’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own BCharities2.7 per 1,000 · British Columbia towns 1.2 · Canada 1.4 B⁺Volunteering36.9% of residents · all of British Columbia, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Ladysmith mailing addresses hold 27 registered charities

Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.7; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

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.

The libraries

Ladysmith’s public library

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Ladysmith.

0.8kmVIRL: Ladysmith BranchWebsite →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.

Questions about the library and civic life in Ladysmith

Does Ladysmith have a public library?

Yes: VIRL: Ladysmith 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).