Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe nearest public library to Portage la Prairie is Portage la Prairie Regional Library, 10 km away
The next is Bibliothèque St. Claude Library (Grey), 34 km away. Without open library statistics in Manitoba, the page names Portage la Prairie’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
ACivic life#33 of 185 in ManitobaWhat Portage la Prairie’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Portage la Prairie grades A: #33 of the 185 towns graded in Manitoba. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Portage la Prairie, 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.
No registered charity gives a Portage la Prairie mailing address
Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
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 nearest library is 10 km from Portage la Prairie
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Portage la Prairie.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Portage la Prairie
Does Portage la Prairie have a public library?
The map shows none in Portage la Prairie; Portage la Prairie Regional Library, in Manitoba, is the closest.
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).