Photo: Bernard Samuel Fenn · Public domainFVRL: Mission Library is Mission’s public library
From the centre of Mission, it is 2 km away. No library board reports for Mission alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
BCivic life#187 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Mission’s civic life grade
Mission gets a B for civic life, #187 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Mission has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
76 registered charities are based in Mission, by mailing address
It works out to 1.6 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.
Mission’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Mission, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Mission
Does Mission have a public library?
Yes: FVRL: Mission 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).