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Libraries · Sackville

Ralph Pickard Bell Library and Sackville Public Library are Sackville’s two public libraries

Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in New Brunswick, so this page has none for Sackville.

B−Civic life#35 of 60 in New Brunswick
Libraries
2
Charities
34
5.2 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

What Sackville’s civic life grade weighs

With a B−, Sackville ranks #35 of 60 New Brunswick towns on civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Sackville has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

B−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Sackville’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

34 registered charities give a Sackville mailing address

It works out to 5.2 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%

For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 34.4% of people in New Brunswick volunteered formally (likely 31.6% to 37.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Sackville’s 2 public libraries

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Sackville.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.

Questions about the library and civic life in Sackville

Does Sackville have a public library?

Yes, 2: Ralph Pickard Bell Library and Sackville Public Library.

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).