Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainNo public library stands in Colchester County, Subdivision C: the closest, Colchester - East Hants Public Library, is 8.6 km away
After it comes Stewiacke Library (Stewiacke), 19 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Nova Scotia, so there are no visit or loan figures for Colchester County, Subdivision C.
C+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Colchester County, Subdivision C’s civic life grade weighs
Colchester County, Subdivision C’s civic life grade is C+. Colchester County, Subdivision C has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
11 registered charities are based in Colchester County, Subdivision C, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.8; the median is 1.1 for Nova Scotia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
37.0%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 37.0% of people in Nova Scotia volunteered formally (likely 34.3% to 39.8%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 8.6 km from Colchester County, Subdivision C
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Colchester County, Subdivision C.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Colchester County, Subdivision C
Does Colchester County, Subdivision C have a public library?
The map shows none in Colchester County, Subdivision C; Colchester - East Hants Public Library, in Truro, 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).