No public library stands in Plaster Rock: the closest, Perth-Andover Public Library, is 30 km away

After it comes Grand Falls Library (Grand Falls / Grand-Sault), 30 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly in New Brunswick, so there are no visit or loan figures for Plaster Rock.

B⁺Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

Directions Nearest libraries

Civic life grade

What Plaster Rock’s civic life grade weighs

Plaster Rock’s civic life grade is B+. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Plaster Rock has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

B⁺

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

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in New Brunswick A⁻Charities10.4 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

Plaster Rock mailing addresses hold 11 registered charities

It works out to 10.4 per 1,000 residents, where the typical New Brunswick town has 1.8 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%

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.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 30 km from Plaster Rock

In order of distance from the centre of Plaster Rock, as the crow flies.

30kmPerth-Andover Public LibraryPerth-AndoverDirections →30kmGrand Falls LibraryGrand Falls / Grand-SaultDirections →32kmPerth-Andover Public LibraryPerth-AndoverDirections →49kmBibliothèque Dr. Lorne J. VioletteSaint-LéonardDirections →54kmAndrew And Laura Mccain Public LibraryFlorenceville-BristolDirections →

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 Plaster Rock

Does Plaster Rock have a public library?

Not in Plaster Rock: the nearest public library is Perth-Andover Public Library, in Perth-Andover.

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).