Photo: Glen Jackson glen_jackson · CC0Maple Ridge’s public library is FVRL: Maple Ridge Public Library
It sits 1.1 km from the centre of Maple Ridge. Maple Ridge has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
C+Civic life#240 of 254 in British ColumbiaMaple Ridge’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Maple Ridge grades C+: #240 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Maple Ridge has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Maple Ridge mailing addresses hold 117 registered charities
It works out to 1.1 per 1,000 residents, where the typical British Columbia town has 1.2 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
36.9%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 36.9% of people across British Columbia in 2023, likely 35.2% to 38.7%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Maple Ridge’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Maple Ridge, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.
Questions about the library and civic life in Maple Ridge
Does Maple Ridge have a public library?
Yes: FVRL: Maple Ridge Public Library.
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).