Sifton has no public library of its own; the nearest is Border Regional Library, 25 km away

The next is Grassland Public Library (Grassland), 26 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Manitoba, so this page has none for Sifton.

A⁺Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

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Civic life grade

Sifton’s civic life grade, input by input

Civic life in Sifton grades A+. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Sifton has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

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

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Manitoba A⁺Charities9.5 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

Sifton mailing addresses hold 12 registered charities

Per 1,000 residents that makes 9.5; 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%

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.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 25 km from Sifton

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Sifton.

25kmBorder Regional LibraryVirdenDirections →26kmGrassland Public LibraryGrasslandDirections →30kmReston District LibraryPipestoneDirections →33kmGlenwood & Souris Regional LibrarySourisDirections →49kmSouthwestern Manitoba Regional LibraryMelitaDirections →

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 Sifton

Does Sifton have a public library?

Not in Sifton: the nearest public library is Border Regional Library, in Virden.

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).