No public library stands in Witless Bay: the closest, Holyrood Public Library, is 24 km away

After it comes Ross King Memorial Public Library (Mount Pearl), 25 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Newfoundland and Labrador, so there are no visit or loan figures for Witless Bay.

C⁺Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

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Civic life grade

Behind Witless Bay’s civic life grade

Civic life in Witless Bay grades C+. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Witless Bay, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Witless Bay’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 Witless Bay 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%

Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 34.8% of Newfoundland and Labrador’s people in 2023, give or take (31.7% to 38.0%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 24 km from Witless Bay

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Witless Bay.

24kmHolyrood Public LibraryHolyroodDirections →25kmRoss King Memorial Public LibraryMount PearlDirections →27kmMichael Donovan Public LibrarySt. John'sDirections →28kmConception Bay South Public LibraryConception Bay SouthDirections →34kmA.C. Hunter Public LibrarySt. John'sDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.

Questions about the library and civic life in Witless Bay

Does Witless Bay have a public library?

The map shows none in Witless Bay; Holyrood Public Library, in Holyrood, is the closest.

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).