No public library stands in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's: the closest, Bell Island Public Library, is 8.7 km away

The next is A.C. Hunter Public Library (St. John's), 9.2 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Newfoundland and Labrador, so there are no visit or loan figures for Portugal Cove-St. Philip's.

C⁺Civic life#18 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Civic life grade

Behind Portugal Cove-St. Philip's’s civic life grade

Civic life in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's grades C+: #18 of the 32 towns graded in Newfoundland and Labrador. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Newfoundland and Labrador CCharities0 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

No registered charity gives a Portugal Cove-St. Philip's mailing address

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.

Volunteering

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.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 8.7 km from Portugal Cove-St. Philip's

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's.

8.7kmBell Island Public LibraryWabanaDirections →9.2kmA.C. Hunter Public LibrarySt. John'sDirections →9.6kmMarjorie Mews Public LibrarySt. John'sDirections →10kmTorbay Public LibraryTorbayDirections →11kmMichael Donovan Public LibrarySt. John'sDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.

Questions about the library and civic life in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's

Does Portugal Cove-St. Philip's have a public library?

Not within Portugal Cove-St. Philip's itself: the closest is Bell Island Public Library, in Wabana.

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).