The nearest public library to Island Lakes is Louis Riel Library, 3.4 km away
After it comes Windsor Park Library (Windsor Park), 3.6 km away. Without open library statistics in Manitoba, the page names Island Lakes’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
ACivic life#40 of 185 in ManitobaWhat Island Lakes’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Island Lakes grades A: #40 of the 185 towns graded in Manitoba. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Island Lakes, 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.
Winnipeg mailing addresses hold 1,819 registered charities
There is no count for Island Lakes on its own: the charities are those of all of Winnipeg. That is 2.1 per 1,000 residents, against 2.1 in the typical Manitoba town and 1.4 across Canada. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
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 3.4 km from Island Lakes
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Island Lakes.
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 Island Lakes
Does Island Lakes have a public library?
No, but Louis Riel Library in River Park South is the nearest public library to Island Lakes.
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).