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Libraries · Swan Valley West

The nearest public library to Swan Valley West is North-West Regional Library, 16 km away

The next is Bowsman Library (Minitonas-Bowsman), 31 km away. Without open library statistics in Manitoba, the page names Swan Valley West’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

A+Civic life#1 of 185 in Manitoba
Civic life grade

What Swan Valley West’s civic life grade weighs

With a A+, Swan Valley West ranks #1 of 185 Manitoba towns on civic life. Swan Valley West 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 Swan Valley West’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Swan Valley West mailing addresses hold 2 registered charities

It works out to 0.7 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Manitoba town has 2.1 and Canada’s 1.4. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.

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 16 km from Swan Valley West

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Swan Valley West.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.

Questions about the library and civic life in Swan Valley West

Does Swan Valley West have a public library?

No, but North-West Regional Library in Swan River is the nearest public library to Swan Valley West.

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).