Photo: CPG1100 · CC BY-SA 4.0prince george public library logs 1.9 visits per person served, fewer than 98% of British Columbia’s town libraries
prince george public library has 4 branches for the 100,661 people it serves. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to British Columbia’s public library statistics.
B−Civic life#200 of 254 in British ColumbiaPrince George’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Prince George grades B−: #200 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. All three civic life inputs exist for Prince George: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
175 registered charities are based in Prince George, by mailing address
That is 2 per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical British Columbia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
The whole province shares one estimate: 36.9% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally in 2023 (between 35.2% and 38.7%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Behind 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 537 visits on an average day
What prince george public library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
Prince George’s 4 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Prince George, as the crow flies.
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 Prince George.
Questions about the library and civic life in Prince George
Does Prince George have a public library?
Yes, 4: PGPL: Bob Harkins Branch, PGPL: Nechako Branch, Bob Harkins Library and Geoffrey R Weller Library.
How busy is prince george public library?
It counted 195,873 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).