Photo: Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Cole Harbour’s public library is Cole Harbour Public Library
The library is 2.4 km from the centre of Cole Harbour. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Nova Scotia, so there are no visit or loan figures for Cole Harbour.
B−Civic life#53 of 88 in Nova ScotiaBehind Cole Harbour’s civic life grade
Cole Harbour gets a B− for civic life, #53 of 88 towns graded in Nova Scotia. Cole Harbour 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.
Halifax mailing addresses hold 570 registered charities
There is no count for Cole Harbour on its own: the charities are those of all of Halifax. That is 1.1 per 1,000 residents, against 1.1 in the typical Nova Scotia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 37.0% of Nova Scotia’s people in 2023, give or take (34.3% to 39.8%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Cole Harbour’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Cole Harbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.
Questions about the library and civic life in Cole Harbour
Does Cole Harbour have a public library?
Yes: Cole Harbour 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).