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Libraries · Port Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam’s public library is FVRL: Terry Fox Library

It stands 1.2 km from the centre of Port Coquitlam. Port Coquitlam has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

B−Civic life#207 of 254 in British Columbia
Libraries
1
Charities
84
1.2 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Port Coquitlam’s civic life grade, input by input

Port Coquitlam gets a B− for civic life, #207 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Port Coquitlam has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

B−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Port Coquitlam’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

84 registered charities give a Port Coquitlam mailing address

That is 1.2 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.

Volunteering

36.9%

Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 36.9% of British Columbia’s people in 2023, give or take (35.2% to 38.7%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Port Coquitlam’s public library

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Port Coquitlam.

How to read these numbers

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 Port Coquitlam

Does Port Coquitlam have a public library?

Yes: FVRL: Terry Fox 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).