Lions Bay has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bowen Island Public Library, 12 km away
After it comes West Vancouver Memorial Library (West Vancouver), 16 km away. Lions Bay has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
B−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Lions Bay’s civic life grade weighs
Lions Bay gets a B− for civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Lions Bay, 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.
Lions Bay mailing addresses hold 3 registered charities
That is 2.2 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%
In 2023, 36.9% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 35.2% and 38.7%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 12 km from Lions Bay
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Lions Bay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Lions Bay
Does Lions Bay have a public library?
Not within Lions Bay itself: the closest is Bowen Island Public Library, in Bowen Island.
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).