No public library stands in Flatrock: the closest, Torbay Public Library, is 6.4 km away

After it comes Pouch Cove Public Library (Pouch Cove), 6.6 km away. Without open library statistics in Newfoundland and Labrador, the page names Flatrock’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 Flatrock’s civic life grade weighs

Civic life in Flatrock grades C+. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Flatrock has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

C⁺

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

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Newfoundland and Labrador CCharities1 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 are based in Flatrock, by mailing address

It works out to 1 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Newfoundland and Labrador town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.

Volunteering

34.8%

One figure covers all of Newfoundland and Labrador: in 2023, 34.8% of its people gave time to an organization (between 31.7% and 38.0%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 6.4 km from Flatrock

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Flatrock.

6.4kmTorbay Public LibraryTorbayDirections →6.6kmPouch Cove Public LibraryPouch CoveDirections →12kmMarjorie Mews Public LibrarySt. John'sDirections →15kmA.C. Hunter Public LibrarySt. John'sDirections →19kmBell Island Public LibraryWabanaDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Flatrock

Does Flatrock have a public library?

No, but Torbay Public Library in Torbay is the nearest public library to Flatrock.

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).