25 public library branches serve Winnipeg

By name: Bibliothèque Saint-Boniface, Bill and Helen Norrie Library, Charleswood Library and 22 more. Without open library statistics in Manitoba, the page names Winnipeg’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

–Civic lifeNot graded

Directions Library website All its libraries

Libraries

Charities

1,819

2.1 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

What a civic life grade would weigh in Winnipeg

Not graded: a city is graded through its neighbourhoods, each on its own figures.

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

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Manitoba –Charities2.1 per 1,000 · Manitoba towns 2.1 · Canada 1.4 –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

1,819 registered charities are based in Winnipeg, by mailing address

It works out to 2.1 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Manitoba town has 2.1 and Canada’s 1.4. 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.

The libraries

25 public libraries in Winnipeg

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

0.8kmLegislative Library of ManitobaDirections →1.1kmMillennium LibraryDirections →1.2kmCornish LibraryWebsite →1.7kmBibliothèque Saint-BonifaceWebsite →2.1kmOsborne LibraryWebsite →2.8kmNeil John McLean LibraryDirections →3.2kmHarvey Smith LibraryWebsite →3.6kmBill and Helen Norrie LibraryWebsite →3.8kmRiver Heights LibraryDirections →4kmSaint Vital LibraryWebsite →4.6kmWindsor Park LibraryWebsite →4.7kmFort Garry LibraryWebsite →4.9kmSaint John's LibraryWebsite →5.5kmMunroe LibraryWebsite →5.6kmSaint James-Assiniboia LibraryWebsite →6.2kmWest Kildonan LibraryWebsite →7kmHenderson LibraryWebsite →7.1kmSir William Stevenson LibraryWebsite →7.5kmLouis Riel LibraryWebsite →8.2kmEckhardt-Gramatté Music LibraryDirections →8.7kmTranscona LibraryWebsite →9.8kmPembina Trail LibraryWebsite →10kmTranscona LibraryDirections →10kmCharleswood LibraryWebsite →11kmWestwood LibraryWebsite →

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 Winnipeg

Does Winnipeg have a public library?

Yes, 25: Bibliothèque Saint-Boniface, Bill and Helen Norrie Library, Charleswood Library, Cornish Library and 21 more.

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).