Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainNo public library stands in Shippagan: the closest, Lamèque Public Library, is 2.9 km away
Library statistics aren’t published openly in New Brunswick, so there are no visit or loan figures for Shippagan.
C+Civic life#43 of 60 in New BrunswickShippagan’s civic life grade, input by input
Shippagan gets a C+ for civic life, #43 of 60 towns graded in New Brunswick. Shippagan 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.
Shippagan mailing addresses hold 12 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.5; 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%
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.
The nearest library is 2.9 km from Shippagan
In order of distance from the centre of Shippagan, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Shippagan
Does Shippagan have a public library?
There isn’t one in Shippagan; people there use libraries such as Lamèque Public Library, in Lamèque.
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).