Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Marpole has one public library, VPL: Marpole Branch
The library figures on this page are Vancouver’s: Vancouver Public Library serves all 742,394 people of the city, Marpole among them. It counted 6.5 in-person visits per person served in 2025. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to British Columbia’s statistics.
A−Civic life#34 of 254 in British ColumbiaMarpole’s civic life grade, input by input
With a A−, Marpole ranks #34 of 254 British Columbia towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Marpole: 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.
Vancouver mailing addresses hold 1,798 registered charities
There is no count for Marpole on its own: the charities are those of all of Vancouver. It works out to 2.4 per 1,000 residents, where the typical British Columbia town has 1.2 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
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.
Ahead of most of British Columbia’s town libraries on all 2 measures
Per person served, against the 32 town libraries in British Columbia’s 2025 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 13,208 visits on an average day
The year 2025 at Vancouver Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Marpole’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Marpole.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Marpole’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Marpole
Does Marpole have a public library?
Yes: VPL: Marpole Branch.
How busy is Vancouver Public Library?
It counted 4,820,937 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).