Photo: Canuckle · CC04 public library branches serve Richmond
The population Richmond Public Library serves is 239,584. It counted 5 in-person visits per person served in 2025. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to British Columbia’s statistics.
BCivic life#150 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Richmond’s civic life grade
Richmond gets a B for civic life, #150 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. All three civic life inputs exist for Richmond: 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.
315 registered charities are based in Richmond, by mailing address
It works out to 1.3 per 1,000 residents, where the typical British Columbia town has 1.2 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
36.9%
The 2023 survey gives British Columbia one volunteering rate for all its towns, 36.9% (between 35.2% and 38.7%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of British Columbia’s town libraries on all 2 measures
Per person served, against the 32 town libraries in British Columbia’s 2025 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 3,270 visits on an average day
The year 2025 at Richmond Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Richmond’s 4 public libraries
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Richmond.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Richmond
Does Richmond have a public library?
Yes, 4: RPL: Brighouse (Main) Branch, RPL: Cambie Branch, RPL: Ironwood Branch and RPL: Steveston Branch.
How busy is Richmond Public Library?
It counted 1,193,625 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).