Photo: Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 4.0Saltspring Island’s public library is Salt Spring Island Public Library
It stands 1 km from the centre of Saltspring Island. Saltspring Island has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
CCivic life#248 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Saltspring Island’s civic life grade
Saltspring Island gets a C for civic life, #248 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Saltspring Island, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Saltspring Island mailing addresses hold 3 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.2; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
36.9%
One figure covers all of British Columbia: in 2023, 36.9% of its people gave time to an organization (between 35.2% and 38.7%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Saltspring Island’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Saltspring Island.
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 Saltspring Island
Does Saltspring Island have a public library?
Yes: Salt Spring Island Public 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).