TNRL: Merritt Library is Merritt’s public library

It stands 0.5 km from the centre of Merritt. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Merritt in particular.

BCivic life#151 of 254 in British Columbia

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Libraries

Charities

4 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Behind Merritt’s civic life grade

Civic life in Merritt grades B: #151 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Merritt, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

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

–Library visitsNo library board of its own C⁺Charities4 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

29 registered charities give a Merritt mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 4; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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.

Volunteering

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 libraries

Merritt’s public library

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Merritt.

0.5kmTNRL: Merritt LibraryWebsite →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.

Questions about the library and civic life in Merritt

Does Merritt have a public library?

Yes: TNRL: Merritt 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).