Telkwa has no public library of its own; the nearest is Smithers Public Library, 13 km away
The next is Houston Public Library (Houston), 41 km away. No library board reports for Telkwa alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
ACivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringTelkwa’s civic life grade, input by input
Telkwa’s civic life grade is A. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Telkwa, 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.
6 registered charities are based in Telkwa, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 3.9; 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%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 36.9% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally (likely 35.2% to 38.7%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 13 km from Telkwa
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Telkwa.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Telkwa
Does Telkwa have a public library?
There isn’t one in Telkwa; people there use libraries such as Smithers Public Library, in Smithers.
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).