Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0VPL: Terry Salman Branch and Neca?Mat Ct Strathcona Branch are Riley Park’s two public libraries
Vancouver Public Library serves the whole of Vancouver, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 742,394 people, Riley Park among them. In 2025 it logged 6.5 visits for every person it serves. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to British Columbia’s public library statistics.
A−Civic life#34 of 254 in British ColumbiaBehind Riley Park’s civic life grade
Riley Park gets a A− for civic life, #34 of 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 Riley Park.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
1,798 registered charities are based in Vancouver, by mailing address
There is no count for Riley Park on its own: the charities are those of all of Vancouver. That is 2.4 per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical British Columbia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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 whole province shares one estimate: 36.9% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally in 2023 (between 35.2% and 38.7%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% 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.
About 13,208 visits a day
What Vancouver Public Library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
2 public libraries in Riley Park
In order of distance from the centre of Riley Park, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Riley Park or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Riley Park
Does Riley Park have a public library?
Yes, 2: VPL: Terry Salman Branch and Neca?Mat Ct Strathcona 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).