Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Dalhousie’s public library is Dalhousie Centennial Library
It sits 0.4 km from the centre of Dalhousie. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in New Brunswick, so this page has none for Dalhousie.
BCivic life#21 of 60 in New BrunswickBehind Dalhousie’s civic life grade
Dalhousie gets a B for civic life, #21 of 60 towns graded in New Brunswick. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Dalhousie, 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.
Dalhousie mailing addresses hold 18 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 5.5; the median is 1.8 for New Brunswick towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
34.4%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses New Brunswick as a whole: 34.4% volunteered formally in 2023, between 31.6% and 37.2%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Dalhousie’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Dalhousie, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Dalhousie
Does Dalhousie have a public library?
Yes: Dalhousie Centennial 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).