Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainNo public library stands in Gilbert Plains: the closest, Grandview District Library, is 15 km away
After it comes Dauphin Public Library (Dauphin), 31 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Manitoba, so there are no visit or loan figures for Gilbert Plains.
A+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Gilbert Plains’s civic life grade
Gilbert Plains gets a A+ for civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Gilbert Plains has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
9 registered charities give a Gilbert Plains mailing address
It works out to 6.7 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Manitoba town has 2.1 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
38.3%
In 2023, 38.3% of people in Manitoba volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 35.6% and 41.1%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 15 km from Gilbert Plains
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Gilbert Plains.
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 Gilbert Plains
Does Gilbert Plains have a public library?
Not in Gilbert Plains: the nearest public library is Grandview District Library, in Grandview.
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).