Photo: Bell and Jeff from Wellington, New Zealand · CC BY 2.0Vanderhoof’s public library is Vanderhoof Public Library
The figures are those of Vanderhoof Public Library, which serves 7,854 people in and around Vanderhoof. The figures come from British Columbia’s public library statistics for 2025, as the library filed them.
ACivic life#6 of 254 in British ColumbiaVanderhoof’s civic life grade, input by input
With a A, Vanderhoof ranks #6 of 254 British Columbia towns on civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Vanderhoof, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
31 registered charities are based in Vanderhoof, by mailing address
That is 6.8 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%
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.
Vanderhoof’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Vanderhoof.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Vanderhoof
Does Vanderhoof have a public library?
Yes: Vanderhoof Public Library.
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).