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Libraries · Southampton

The nearest public library to Southampton is L. P. Fisher Public Library, 25 km away

After it comes Dr. Walter Chestnut Public Library (Hartland), 33 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in New Brunswick, so this page has none for Southampton.

B+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering
Civic life grade

Behind Southampton’s civic life grade

Southampton’s civic life grade is B+. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Southampton has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

B+
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Southampton’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

5 registered charities are based in Southampton, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 3.1; 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.

Volunteering

34.4%

Between 31.6% and 37.2% of people in New Brunswick volunteered formally in 2023, 34.4% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 25 km from Southampton

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Southampton.

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 Southampton

Does Southampton have a public library?

Southampton has none mapped; the closest public library is L. P. Fisher Public Library, in Woodstock.

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).