Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe nearest public library to Saint Mary is Bibliothèque publique de Saint-Antoine, 9.3 km away
After it comes Gérald Leblanc Public Library (Bouctouche), 11 km away. Without open library statistics in New Brunswick, the page names Saint Mary’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
C+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Saint Mary’s civic life grade
Saint Mary gets a C+ for civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Saint Mary, 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.
2 registered charities give a Saint Mary mailing address
It works out to 1 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%
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 nearest library is 9.3 km from Saint Mary
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Saint Mary.
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 Saint Mary
Does Saint Mary have a public library?
Saint Mary has none mapped; the closest public library is Bibliothèque publique de Saint-Antoine, in Saint-Antoine.
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).