Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 3.0Dorchester’s public library is Dorchester Memorial Public Library
From the centre of Dorchester, it is 1.8 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in New Brunswick, so this page has none for Dorchester.
B−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Dorchester’s civic life grade weighs
Dorchester’s civic life grade is B−. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Dorchester, 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.
Dorchester mailing addresses hold 4 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 3.5; the median is 1.8 for New Brunswick 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.
34.4%
Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 34.4% of New Brunswick’s people in 2023, give or take (31.6% to 37.2%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Dorchester’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Dorchester.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Dorchester
Does Dorchester have a public library?
Yes: Dorchester Memorial Public 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).