Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin · CC BY 2.0No public library stands in West Broadway: the closest, Cornish Library, is 0.7 km away
After it comes Legislative Library of Manitoba (South Portage), 0.8 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Manitoba, so this page has none for West Broadway.
ACivic life#40 of 185 in ManitobaBehind West Broadway’s civic life grade
West Broadway gets a A for civic life, #40 of 185 towns graded in Manitoba. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for West Broadway, 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 are based in Winnipeg, by mailing address
There is no count for West Broadway 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%
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 closest is 0.7 km from West Broadway
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of West Broadway.
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 West Broadway
Does West Broadway have a public library?
No, but Cornish Library in Crescentwood is the nearest public library to West Broadway.
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).














