Photo: Leonora Enking · CC BY-SA 2.0The nearest public library to Kingston is Kennebecasis Public Library, 10 km away
After it comes Saint John Free Public Library (Saint John), 20 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in New Brunswick, so this page has none for Kingston.
BCivic life#24 of 60 in New BrunswickKingston’s civic life grade, input by input
With a B, Kingston ranks #24 of 60 New Brunswick towns on civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Kingston, 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.
8 registered charities give a Kingston mailing address
It works out to 2.2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical New Brunswick town has 1.8 and Canada’s 1.4. 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 closest is 10 km from Kingston
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Kingston.
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 Kingston
Does Kingston have a public library?
Not in Kingston: the nearest public library is Kennebecasis Public Library, in Quispamsis.
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).