Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainVIRL: Quadra Island Branch and Quadra Island Branch are Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s two public libraries
Electoral Area C, Strathcona has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
BCivic life#184 of 254 in British ColumbiaWhat Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Electoral Area C, Strathcona grades B: #184 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Electoral Area C, Strathcona has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
No registered charity gives a Electoral Area C, Strathcona mailing address
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%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses British Columbia as a whole: 36.9% volunteered formally in 2023, between 35.2% and 38.7%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s 2 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Electoral Area C, Strathcona, as the crow flies.
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 Electoral Area C, Strathcona
Does Electoral Area C, Strathcona have a public library?
Yes, 2: VIRL: Quadra Island Branch and Quadra Island 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).