Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0St. John's has one public library, Saint John's Library
The library is 0.2 km from the centre of St. John's. Without open library statistics in Manitoba, the page names St. John's’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
ACivic life#40 of 185 in ManitobaWhat St. John's’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in St. John's grades A: #40 of the 185 towns graded in Manitoba. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and St. John's has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
1,819 registered charities are based in Winnipeg, by mailing address
There is no count for St. John's 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%
In 2023, 38.3% of people in Manitoba volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 35.6% and 41.1%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
St. John's’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of St. John's.
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 St. John's
Does St. John's have a public library?
Yes: Saint John's Library.
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).