Sicamous’s public library is ORL: Sicamous Branch

It sits 0.9 km from the centre of Sicamous. No library board reports for Sicamous alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

B⁺Civic life#119 of 254 in British Columbia

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Charities

3.5 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Sicamous’s civic life grade, input by input

Civic life in Sicamous grades B+: #119 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Sicamous has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

B⁺

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Sicamous’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own B⁻Charities3.5 per 1,000 · British Columbia towns 1.2 · Canada 1.4 B⁺Volunteering36.9% of residents · all of British Columbia, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Sicamous mailing addresses hold 10 registered charities

Per 1,000 residents that makes 3.5; 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.

Volunteering

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.

The libraries

Sicamous’s public library

In order of distance from the centre of Sicamous, as the crow flies.

0.9kmORL: Sicamous BranchWebsite →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.

Questions about the library and civic life in Sicamous

Does Sicamous have a public library?

Yes: ORL: Sicamous 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).