Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain7 public library branches serve Southern Gulf Islands
They are Galiano Island Community Library, Mayne Island Community Library, Pender Island Public Library and 4 more. Southern Gulf Islands has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
B+Civic life#134 of 254 in British ColumbiaSouthern Gulf Islands’s civic life grade, input by input
Southern Gulf Islands gets a B+ for civic life, #134 of 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Southern Gulf Islands has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
17 registered charities give a Southern Gulf Islands mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.5; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
In 2023, 36.9% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 35.2% and 38.7%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Southern Gulf Islands’s 7 public libraries
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Southern Gulf Islands.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.
Questions about the library and civic life in Southern Gulf Islands
Does Southern Gulf Islands have a public library?
Yes, 7: Galiano Island Community Library, Mayne Island Community Library, Pender Island Public Library, Saturna Library and 3 more.
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).