Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Westmount has no public library of its own; the nearest is Killam Memorial Library, 2.1 km away
The next is W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library (Schmidtville), 2.7 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Nova Scotia, so this page has none for Westmount.
B−Civic life#53 of 88 in Nova ScotiaWestmount’s civic life grade, input by input
Westmount gets a B− for civic life, #53 of 88 towns graded in Nova Scotia. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Westmount, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
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 Westmount 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%
Between 34.3% and 39.8% of people in Nova Scotia volunteered formally in 2023, 37.0% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 2.1 km from Westmount
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Westmount.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Westmount
Does Westmount have a public library?
No library is mapped inside Westmount, and the nearest one is Killam Memorial Library in South End.
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).