Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe nearest public library to Sussex is Sussex Public Library, 7.4 km away
The next is Betty Thibodeau Library (Saint Martins), 34 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in New Brunswick, so this page has none for Sussex.
BCivic life#24 of 60 in New BrunswickSussex’s civic life grade, input by input
Sussex gets a B for civic life, #24 of 60 towns graded in New Brunswick. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Sussex has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
3 registered charities give a Sussex mailing address
That is 1.1 per 1,000 residents, against 1.8 in the typical New Brunswick town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
34.4%
In 2023, 34.4% of people in New Brunswick volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 31.6% and 37.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 7.4 km from Sussex
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Sussex.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Sussex
Does Sussex have a public library?
Not within Sussex itself: the closest is Sussex Public Library, in New Brunswick.
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).