3 public library branches serve St. John's

By name: A.C. Hunter Public Library, Marjorie Mews Public Library and Michael Donovan Public Library. Without open library statistics in Newfoundland and Labrador, the page names St. John's’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

B⁺Civic life#2 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador

Directions All its libraries

Libraries

Charities

295

2.3 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Behind St. John's’s civic life grade

St. John's gets a B+ for civic life, #2 of 32 towns graded in Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of St. John's’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Newfoundland and Labrador B⁺Charities2.3 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

295 registered charities are based in St. John's, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.3; the median is 1.4 for Newfoundland and Labrador towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%

Volunteering here is a provincial number: 34.8% of people across Newfoundland and Labrador in 2023, likely 31.7% to 38.0%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

3 public libraries in St. John's

In order of distance from the centre of St. John's, as the crow flies.

2.5kmA.C. Hunter Public LibraryDirections →4kmMichael Donovan Public LibraryDirections →5.9kmMarjorie Mews Public LibraryDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.

Questions about the library and civic life in St. John's

Does St. John's have a public library?

Yes, 3: A.C. Hunter Public Library, Marjorie Mews Public Library and Michael Donovan 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).