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Libraries · Botwood

Botwood has one public library, Botwood Kinsmen Public Library

From the centre of Botwood, it is 1.1 km away. Without open library statistics in Newfoundland and Labrador, the page names Botwood’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

B−Civic life#8 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador
Libraries
1
Charities
8
2.8 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Botwood’s civic life grade, input by input

Botwood gets a B− for civic life, #8 of 32 towns graded in Newfoundland and Labrador. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Botwood has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

B−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Botwood’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

8 registered charities are based in Botwood, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.8; the median is 1.4 for Newfoundland and Labrador towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%

Between 31.7% and 38.0% of people in Newfoundland and Labrador volunteered formally in 2023, 34.8% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Botwood’s public library

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

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.

Questions about the library and civic life in Botwood

Does Botwood have a public library?

Yes: Botwood Kinsmen 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).