Photo: chester902 · Public domainKentville Library is Kentville’s public library
It sits 0.2 km from the centre of Kentville. Without open library statistics in Nova Scotia, the page names Kentville’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
A−Civic life#39 of 88 in Nova ScotiaBehind Kentville’s civic life grade
Civic life in Kentville grades A−: #39 of the 88 towns graded in Nova Scotia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Kentville has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
45 registered charities are based in Kentville, by mailing address
It works out to 5.9 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Nova Scotia town has 1.1 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
One figure covers all of Nova Scotia: in 2023, 37.0% of its people gave time to an organization (between 34.3% and 39.8%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Kentville’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Kentville.
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 Kentville
Does Kentville have a public library?
Yes: Kentville 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).