Photo: Dan Huntington from Anacortes, WA · CC BY-SA 2.0VIRL: Port Hardy Branch is Port Hardy’s public library
It sits 0.4 km from the centre of Port Hardy. Port Hardy has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
ACivic life#16 of 254 in British ColumbiaPort Hardy’s civic life grade, input by input
Port Hardy gets a A for civic life, #16 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Port Hardy 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.
Port Hardy mailing addresses hold 13 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 3.1; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
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.
Port Hardy’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Port Hardy, 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 Port Hardy
Does Port Hardy have a public library?
Yes: VIRL: Port Hardy 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).