Bay Bulls has no public library of its own; the nearest is Ross King Memorial Public Library, 21 km away

The next is Michael Donovan Public Library (St. John's), 23 km away. Without open library statistics in Newfoundland and Labrador, the page names Bay Bulls’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

C⁺Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

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Civic life grade

What Bay Bulls’s civic life grade weighs

Bay Bulls gets a C+ for civic life. Bay Bulls has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Bay Bulls’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Newfoundland and Labrador CCharities1.2 per 1,000 · Newfoundland and Labrador towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 BVolunteering34.8% of residents · all of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

2 registered charities give a Bay Bulls mailing address

It works out to 1.2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Newfoundland and Labrador town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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

34.8%

Across Newfoundland and Labrador, 34.8% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 31.7% to 38.0%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 21 km from Bay Bulls

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

21kmRoss King Memorial Public LibraryMount PearlDirections →23kmMichael Donovan Public LibrarySt. John'sDirections →25kmConception Bay South Public LibraryConception Bay SouthDirections →25kmHolyrood Public LibraryHolyroodDirections →29kmA.C. Hunter Public LibrarySt. John'sDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Bay Bulls

Does Bay Bulls have a public library?

There isn’t one in Bay Bulls; people there use libraries such as Ross King Memorial Public Library, in Mount Pearl.

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).