Photo: Kevstan · CC BY-SA 3.03 public library branches serve Nakusp
The figures are those of kaslo & district public library, which serves 2,634 people in and around Nakusp. It counted 5 in-person visits per person served in 2025. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to British Columbia’s statistics.
ACivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Nakusp’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Nakusp grades A. Nakusp 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.
19 registered charities give a Nakusp mailing address
That is 10.9 per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical British Columbia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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.
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.
Some 36 visits on an average day
What kaslo & district public library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
3 public libraries in Nakusp
In order of distance from the centre of Nakusp, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Nakusp
Does Nakusp have a public library?
Yes, 3: Nakusp Public Library, Kaslo & District Public Library and Salmo Public Library.
How busy is kaslo & district public library?
It counted 13,150 in-person visits in 2025.
Library statistics: BC Public Libraries Statistics, 2025. 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).