Photo: James Blake aka Webgeer at en.wikipedia · CC BY 2.0Powell River has two public libraries, Powell River Public Library and Powell River Public Library
powell river public library has 2 branches for the 22,505 people it serves. It counted 5.5 in-person visits per person served in 2025. The figures come from British Columbia’s public library statistics for 2025, as the library filed them.
ACivic life#10 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Powell River’s civic life grade
With a A, Powell River ranks #10 of 254 British Columbia towns on civic life. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Powell River.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
65 registered charities are based in Powell River, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 4.4; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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.
Ahead of most of British Columbia’s town libraries on all 2 measures
Measured per person served against the 32 town libraries of British Columbia’s 2025 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 341 visits on an average day
What powell river public library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
Powell River’s 2 public libraries
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Powell River.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Figures are divided by the population the library says it serves, which can differ from the census count of Powell River.
Questions about the library and civic life in Powell River
Does Powell River have a public library?
Yes, 2: Powell River Public Library and Powell River Public Library.
How busy is powell river public library?
It counted 124,628 in-person visits in 2025.
Library statistics: BC Public Libraries Statistics, 2025. 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).