Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe nearest public library to Elgin is Petitcodiac Public Library, 13 km away
After it comes Salisbury Public Library (Salisbury), 22 km away. Without open library statistics in New Brunswick, the page names Elgin’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
C+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Elgin’s civic life grade weighs
Elgin’s civic life grade is C+. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Elgin, 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.
Elgin mailing addresses hold 4 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 3.2; the median is 1.8 for New Brunswick towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
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.
The nearest library is 13 km from Elgin
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Elgin.
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 Elgin
Does Elgin have a public library?
Elgin has none mapped; the closest public library is Petitcodiac Public Library, in Petitcodiac.
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).