Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Wellington has no public library of its own; the nearest is Gérald Leblanc Public Library, 3.2 km away
After it comes Gérald Leblanc Public Library (Bouctouche), 3.6 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly in New Brunswick, so there are no visit or loan figures for Wellington.
C+Civic life#53 of 60 in New BrunswickWhat Wellington’s civic life grade weighs
Wellington gets a C+ for civic life, #53 of 60 towns graded in New Brunswick. Wellington 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.
2 registered charities give a Wellington mailing address
It works out to 0.6 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 whole province shares one estimate: 34.4% of people in New Brunswick volunteered formally in 2023 (between 31.6% and 37.2%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 3.2 km from Wellington
In order of distance from the centre of Wellington, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Wellington
Does Wellington have a public library?
The map shows none in Wellington; Gérald Leblanc Public Library, in Bouctouche, is the closest.
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).