Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun · CC BY 3.0Portage la Prairie Regional Library is Portage la Prairie’s public library
It sits 0.4 km from the centre of Portage la Prairie. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Manitoba, so there are no visit or loan figures for Portage la Prairie.
A+Civic life#12 of 185 in ManitobaWhat Portage la Prairie’s civic life grade weighs
Portage la Prairie gets a A+ for civic life, #12 of 185 towns graded in Manitoba. Portage la Prairie 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.
69 registered charities are based in Portage la Prairie, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 4.7; the median is 2.1 for Manitoba 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.
38.3%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Manitoba at 38.3% in 2023, somewhere between 35.6% and 41.1%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Portage la Prairie’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Portage la Prairie.
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 Portage la Prairie
Does Portage la Prairie have a public library?
Yes: Portage la Prairie 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).