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Libraries · Melita

Southwestern Manitoba Regional Library is Melita’s public library

From the centre of Melita, it is 0.9 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Manitoba, so there are no visit or loan figures for Melita.

A+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering
Libraries
1
Charities
17
15.7 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Behind Melita’s civic life grade

Melita’s civic life grade is A+. Melita has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

A+
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Melita’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

17 registered charities are based in Melita, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 15.7; the median is 2.1 for Manitoba towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

38.3%

Across Manitoba, 38.3% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 35.6% to 41.1%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Melita’s public library

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Melita.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).

Questions about the library and civic life in Melita

Does Melita have a public library?

Yes: Southwestern Manitoba Regional 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).