Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0West Point Grey has two public libraries, VPL: West Point Grey Branch and West Point Grey Branch
West Point Grey 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. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to British Columbia’s public library statistics.
A−Civic life#34 of 254 in British ColumbiaWhat West Point Grey’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in West Point Grey grades A−: #34 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. All three civic life inputs exist for West Point Grey: 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 West Point Grey 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%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses British Columbia as a whole: 36.9% volunteered formally in 2023, between 35.2% and 38.7%, while the provinces span 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.
2 public libraries in West Point Grey
In order of distance from the centre of West Point Grey, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Visitors and people from nearby towns are in the count too; how many live in West Point Grey isn’t recorded.
Questions about the library and civic life in West Point Grey
Does West Point Grey have a public library?
Yes, 2: VPL: West Point Grey Branch and West Point Grey 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).