Photo: Torbenbrinker|Torbenbrinker · CC BY-SA 3.0Deer Lake has one public library, Deer Lake Public Library
The library is 0.8 km from the centre of Deer Lake. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Newfoundland and Labrador, so there are no visit or loan figures for Deer Lake.
BCivic life#6 of 32 in Newfoundland and LabradorDeer Lake’s civic life grade, input by input
With a B, Deer Lake ranks #6 of 32 Newfoundland and Labrador towns on civic life. Deer Lake 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.
16 registered charities are based in Deer Lake, by mailing address
It works out to 3 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Newfoundland and Labrador town has 1.4 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.
34.8%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Newfoundland and Labrador at 34.8% in 2023, somewhere between 31.7% and 38.0%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Deer Lake’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Deer Lake.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Deer Lake
Does Deer Lake have a public library?
Yes: Deer Lake 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).