Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0No public library stands in Buchanan: the closest, Westwood Library, is 1.5 km away
After it comes Charleswood Library (Elmhurst), 4.2 km away. Without open library statistics in Manitoba, the page names Buchanan’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
ACivic life#40 of 185 in ManitobaWhat Buchanan’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Buchanan grades A: #40 of the 185 towns graded in Manitoba. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Buchanan, 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.
1,819 registered charities give a Winnipeg mailing address
There is no count for Buchanan on its own: the charities are those of all of Winnipeg. Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.1; 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%
Between 35.6% and 41.1% of people in Manitoba volunteered formally in 2023, 38.3% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 1.5 km from Buchanan
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Buchanan.
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 Buchanan
Does Buchanan have a public library?
No library is mapped inside Buchanan, and the nearest one is Westwood Library in Westwood.
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).