Photo: Yergoneby · CC BY-SA 4.0Bonavista has one public library, Bonavista Memorial Public Library
The library is 0.5 km from the centre of Bonavista. Without open library statistics in Newfoundland and Labrador, the page names Bonavista’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
B−Civic life#12 of 32 in Newfoundland and LabradorBonavista’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Bonavista grades B−: #12 of the 32 towns graded in Newfoundland and Labrador. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Bonavista, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Bonavista mailing addresses hold 9 registered charities
That is 2.7 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Newfoundland and Labrador 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.
34.8%
The whole province shares one estimate: 34.8% of people in Newfoundland and Labrador volunteered formally in 2023 (between 31.7% and 38.0%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Bonavista’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Bonavista, as the crow flies.















What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Bonavista
Does Bonavista have a public library?
Yes: Bonavista Memorial Public Library.
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).