Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen has one public library, ORL: Kalenden Branch
The library is 0.7 km from the centre of Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen. No library board reports for Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
B+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen’s civic life grade
Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen’s civic life grade is B+. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
5 registered charities give a Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen mailing address
That is 2.1 per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical British Columbia town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
36.9%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses British Columbia as a whole: 36.9% volunteered formally in 2023, between 35.2% and 38.7%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen
Does Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen have a public library?
Yes: ORL: Kalenden 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).