7 public library branches serve Fredericton

Among them: Bibliothèque Dre-Marguerite-Michaud, Fredericton Public Library, Harriet Irving Library and 4 more. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in New Brunswick, so this page has none for Fredericton.

B⁺Civic life#9 of 60 in New Brunswick

Directions All its libraries

Libraries

Charities

210

2.8 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Behind Fredericton’s civic life grade

Fredericton gets a B+ for civic life, #9 of 60 towns graded in New Brunswick. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Fredericton, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

B⁺

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Fredericton’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in New Brunswick A⁻Charities2.8 per 1,000 · New Brunswick towns 1.8 · Canada 1.4 B⁻Volunteering34.4% of residents · all of New Brunswick, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

210 registered charities give a Fredericton mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.8; 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.

Volunteering

34.4%

34.4% of people in New Brunswick did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 31.6% and 37.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

7 public libraries in Fredericton

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Fredericton.

0.3kmNew Brunswick Library of Craft And DesignDirections →0.8kmFredericton Public LibraryDirections →1.5kmUNB Engineering LibraryDirections →1.7kmI.U.C. Science LibraryDirections →1.8kmHarriet Irving LibraryDirections →2.2kmBibliothèque Dre-Marguerite-MichaudDirections →2.6kmNashwaaksis LibraryDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Fredericton

Does Fredericton have a public library?

Yes, 7: Bibliothèque Dre-Marguerite-Michaud, Fredericton Public Library, Harriet Irving Library, I.U.C. Science Library and 3 more.

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).