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Libraries · Stanley

Stanley has no public library of its own; the nearest is Nashwaaksis Library, 31 km away

The next is New Brunswick Library of Craft And Design (Fredericton), 33 km away. Without open library statistics in New Brunswick, the page names Stanley’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

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

What Stanley’s civic life grade weighs

Stanley’s civic life grade is B+. Stanley has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

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

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

7 registered charities give a Stanley mailing address

It works out to 6.7 per 1,000 residents, where the typical New Brunswick town has 1.8 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.

Volunteering

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.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 31 km from Stanley

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

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).

Questions about the library and civic life in Stanley

Does Stanley have a public library?

Not within Stanley itself: the closest is Nashwaaksis Library, in Fredericton.

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).