Photo: Rod Lafond · CC BY 3.0Sparwood Public Library draws 2.8 visits per person served, behind 89% of British Columbia’s town libraries
Sparwood Public Library has one location for the 5,520 people it serves. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to British Columbia’s public library statistics.
B+Civic life#146 of 254 in British ColumbiaWhat Sparwood’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Sparwood grades B+: #146 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Sparwood.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
10 registered charities are based in Sparwood, by mailing address
It works out to 2.2 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.
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.
About 43 visits a day
What Sparwood Public Library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
Sparwood’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Sparwood.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Rather than Sparwood’s census count, the rates use the population the library board says it serves.
Questions about the library and civic life in Sparwood
Does Sparwood have a public library?
Yes: Sparwood Public Library.
How busy is Sparwood Public Library?
It counted 15,731 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).