Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe nearest public library to Prince William is Harvey Community Library, 14 km away
The next is Dre. Marguerite Michaud Library (Fredericton), 30 km away. Without open library statistics in New Brunswick, the page names Prince William’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
B+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringPrince William’s civic life grade, input by input
Prince William’s civic life grade is B+. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Prince William, 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.
One registered charity gives a Prince William mailing address
That is 0.8 per 1,000 residents, against 1.8 in the typical New Brunswick town and 1.4 across Canada. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
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 14 km from Prince William
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Prince William.
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 Prince William
Does Prince William have a public library?
Not within Prince William itself: the closest is Harvey Community Library, in Manners Sutton.
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).