Photo: Globalphotobank · CC BY-SA 4.0CRDL: Williams Lake Library is Williams Lake’s public library
From the centre of Williams Lake, it is 0.6 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Williams Lake in particular.
ACivic life#4 of 254 in British ColumbiaWhat Williams Lake’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Williams Lake grades A: #4 of the 254 towns graded in British Columbia. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Williams Lake, 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.
Williams Lake mailing addresses hold 53 registered charities
That is 4.6 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%
In 2023, 36.9% of people in British Columbia volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 35.2% and 38.7%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Williams Lake’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Williams Lake.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.
Questions about the library and civic life in Williams Lake
Does Williams Lake have a public library?
Yes: CRDL: Williams Lake 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).