Photo: rpaterso · CC BY-SA 2.0GVPL: Oak Bay Branch is Oak Bay’s public library
It sits 0.4 km from the centre of Oak Bay. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Oak Bay in particular.
CCivic life#250 of 254 in British ColumbiaWhat Oak Bay’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Oak Bay grades C: #250 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Oak Bay has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
No registered charity gives a Oak Bay mailing address
Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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.
Oak Bay’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Oak Bay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Oak Bay
Does Oak Bay have a public library?
Yes: GVPL: Oak Bay Branch.
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).