Gaynor Family Regional Library and Selkirk Public Library are Selkirk’s two public libraries

Without open library statistics in Manitoba, the page names Selkirk’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

A⁺Civic life#29 of 185 in Manitoba

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Libraries

Charities

3.4 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

What Selkirk’s civic life grade weighs

Civic life in Selkirk grades A+: #29 of the 185 towns graded in Manitoba. Selkirk has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Selkirk’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Manitoba ACharities3.4 per 1,000 · Manitoba towns 2.1 · Canada 1.4 A⁺Volunteering38.3% of residents · all of Manitoba, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

39 registered charities are based in Selkirk, by mailing address

It works out to 3.4 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.

Volunteering

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 libraries

2 public libraries in Selkirk

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

0.6kmGaynor Family Regional LibraryDirections →1.3kmSelkirk Public LibraryDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Selkirk

Does Selkirk have a public library?

Yes, 2: Gaynor Family Regional Library and Selkirk Public 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).