Photo: Urban Walnut · Public domainMore visits per person served than 92% of British Columbia’s town libraries: Tumbler Ridge Public Library counts 9.1
Tumbler Ridge Public Library has one location for the 2,663 people it serves. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to British Columbia’s public library statistics.
A−Civic life#75 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Tumbler Ridge’s civic life grade
With a A−, Tumbler Ridge ranks #75 of 254 British Columbia towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Tumbler Ridge: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
5 registered charities are based in Tumbler Ridge, by mailing address
That is 1.9 per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical British Columbia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in British Columbia at 36.9% in 2023, somewhere between 35.2% and 38.7%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of British Columbia’s town libraries on 1 of 2 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 32 town libraries in British Columbia’s statistics for 2025.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 66 visits on an average day
What Tumbler Ridge Public Library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
Tumbler Ridge’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Tumbler Ridge.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Tumbler Ridge or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Tumbler Ridge
Does Tumbler Ridge have a public library?
Yes: Tumbler Ridge Public Library.
How busy is Tumbler Ridge Public Library?
It counted 24,200 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).