Inverness has two public libraries, Alexander Doyle Public Library and Port Hood Library

Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Nova Scotia, so this page has none for Inverness.

ACivic life#3 of 88 in Nova Scotia

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Libraries

Charities

6.6 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Inverness’s civic life grade, input by input

Inverness gets a A for civic life, #3 of 88 towns graded in Nova Scotia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Inverness has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Inverness’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Nova Scotia A⁺Charities6.6 per 1,000 · Nova Scotia towns 1.1 · Canada 1.4 A⁻Volunteering37.0% of residents · all of Nova Scotia, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

34 registered charities give a Inverness mailing address

That is 6.6 per 1,000 residents, against 1.1 in the typical Nova Scotia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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

37.0%

No town-level count exists, so the page uses Nova Scotia as a whole: 37.0% volunteered formally in 2023, between 34.3% and 39.8%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

2 public libraries in Inverness

In order of distance from the centre of Inverness, as the crow flies.

7.8kmAlexander Doyle Public LibraryDirections →15kmPort Hood LibraryDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.

Questions about the library and civic life in Inverness

Does Inverness have a public library?

Yes, 2: Alexander Doyle Public Library and Port Hood 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).