Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Rothesay has no public library of its own; the nearest is Kennebecasis Public Library, 2.5 km away
After it comes East Branch Library (Saint John), 8.9 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in New Brunswick, so this page has none for Rothesay.
B−Civic life#32 of 60 in New BrunswickBehind Rothesay’s civic life grade
Rothesay gets a B− for civic life, #32 of 60 towns graded in New Brunswick. Rothesay has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
24 registered charities give a Rothesay mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.9; 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.
34.4%
The 2023 survey gives New Brunswick one volunteering rate for all its towns, 34.4% (between 31.6% and 37.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 2.5 km from Rothesay
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Rothesay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Rothesay
Does Rothesay have a public library?
Not in Rothesay: 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).