Photo: Buidhe · CC BY-SA 4.0West Vancouver’s public library is West Vancouver Memorial Library
The library is 1.9 km from the centre of West Vancouver. West Vancouver has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
BCivic life#181 of 254 in British ColumbiaWest Vancouver’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in West Vancouver grades B: #181 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. West Vancouver has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
West Vancouver mailing addresses hold 80 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.7; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
36.9%
Between 35.2% and 38.7% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally in 2023, 36.9% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
West Vancouver’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of West Vancouver.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in West Vancouver
Does West Vancouver have a public library?
Yes: West Vancouver Memorial Library.
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).