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An aerial image of the two of St. Georges in winter, Newfoundland by photographer Erik Mclean of Introspective DesignPhoto: Erikallen920 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Libraries · St. George's

St. George's has one public library, St. George's Public Library

From the centre of St. George's, it is 0.8 km away. Without open library statistics in Newfoundland and Labrador, the page names St. George's’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

CCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering
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Libraries
1
Charities
0
0 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Behind St. George's’s civic life grade

St. George's gets a C for civic life. St. George's has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

C
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of St. George's’s overall grade.
–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Newfoundland and LabradorC−Charities0 per 1,000 · Newfoundland and Labrador towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4BVolunteering34.8% 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 St. George's mailing address

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%

In 2023, 34.8% of people in Newfoundland and Labrador volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 31.7% and 38.0%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

St. George's’s public library

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of St. George's.

0.8kmSt. George's Public LibraryDirections →
How to read these numbers

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 St. George's

Does St. George's have a public library?

Yes: St. George's 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).