Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0VPL: nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch is Strathcona’s public library
Strathcona is served by Vancouver Public Library, the library of all of Vancouver, so the figures here are the city’s, for 742,394 people. It counted 6.5 in-person visits per person served in 2025. The figures come from British Columbia’s public library statistics for 2025, as the library filed them.
A−Civic life#34 of 254 in British ColumbiaWhat Strathcona’s civic life grade weighs
With a A−, Strathcona ranks #34 of 254 British Columbia towns on civic life. 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 Strathcona.
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 Strathcona 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%
One figure covers all of British Columbia: in 2023, 36.9% of its people gave time to an organization (between 35.2% and 38.7%), against a provincial range of 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.
Some 13,208 visits on an average day
The year 2025 at Vancouver Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Strathcona’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Strathcona.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Tourists, commuters and neighbours all add to the visits, and nobody records which of them live in Strathcona.
Questions about the library and civic life in Strathcona
Does Strathcona have a public library?
Yes: VPL: nə́c̓aʔmat 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).