Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Alexander Bay Public Library is Glovertown’s public library
It stands 2.5 km from the centre of Glovertown. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Newfoundland and Labrador, so this page has none for Glovertown.
B−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringGlovertown’s civic life grade, input by input
Glovertown gets a B− for civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Glovertown, 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.
6 registered charities give a Glovertown 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. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
34.8%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 34.8% of people in Newfoundland and Labrador volunteered formally (likely 31.7% to 38.0%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Glovertown’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Glovertown.
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 Glovertown
Does Glovertown have a public library?
Yes: Alexander Bay 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).