Photo: Sophilosophie · CC BY-SA 4.0No public library stands in Clare: the closest, Westport Branch Library, is 19 km away
The next is Weymouth Waterfront Library (Digby), 21 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Nova Scotia, so this page has none for Clare.
ACivic life#17 of 88 in Nova ScotiaWhat Clare’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Clare grades A: #17 of the 88 towns graded in Nova Scotia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Clare has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
9 registered charities are based in Clare, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.1; the median is 1.1 for Nova Scotia 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.
37.0%
37.0% of people in Nova Scotia did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 34.3% and 39.8%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 19 km from Clare
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Clare.
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 Clare
Does Clare have a public library?
Not in Clare: the nearest public library is Westport Branch Library, in Digby.
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).