Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Happy Valley-Goose Bay has one public library, Melville Public Library
The library is 1.4 km from the centre of Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Newfoundland and Labrador, so there are no visit or loan figures for Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
CCivic life#29 of 32 in Newfoundland and LabradorBehind Happy Valley-Goose Bay’s civic life grade
Happy Valley-Goose Bay gets a C for civic life, #29 of 32 towns graded in Newfoundland and Labrador. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Happy Valley-Goose Bay has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
8 registered charities give a Happy Valley-Goose Bay mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1; the median is 1.4 for Newfoundland and Labrador towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
The 2023 survey gives Newfoundland and Labrador one volunteering rate for all its towns, 34.8% (between 31.7% and 38.0%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Happy Valley-Goose Bay’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
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 Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Does Happy Valley-Goose Bay have a public library?
Yes: Melville 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).