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Libraries · New Songhees 1A

No public library stands in New Songhees 1A: the closest, GVPL: Saanich Centennial Library Branch, is 1.9 km away

The next is Saanich Centennial Branch (Saanich), 2.1 km away. No library board reports for New Songhees 1A alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

CCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering
Civic life grade

New Songhees 1A’s civic life grade, input by input

Civic life in New Songhees 1A grades C. New Songhees 1A has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

C
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of New Songhees 1A’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

No registered charity gives a New Songhees 1A mailing address

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%

For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 36.9% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally (likely 35.2% to 38.7%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 1.9 km from New Songhees 1A

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of New Songhees 1A.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).

Questions about the library and civic life in New Songhees 1A

Does New Songhees 1A have a public library?

Not in New Songhees 1A: the nearest public library is GVPL: Saanich Centennial Library Branch, in Saanich.

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).