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Libraries · Kings County, Subdivision B

Kings County, Subdivision B’s public library is Murdoch C. Smith Memorial Library

The library is 4.7 km from the centre of Kings County, Subdivision B. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Nova Scotia, so this page has none for Kings County, Subdivision B.

A−Civic life#43 of 88 in Nova Scotia
Libraries
1
Charities
31
2.5 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Behind Kings County, Subdivision B’s civic life grade

Civic life in Kings County, Subdivision B grades A−: #43 of the 88 towns graded in Nova Scotia. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Kings County, Subdivision B has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

A−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Kings County, Subdivision B’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Kings County, Subdivision B mailing addresses hold 31 registered charities

Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.5; 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.

Volunteering

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 libraries

Kings County, Subdivision B’s public library

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Kings County, Subdivision B.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).

Questions about the library and civic life in Kings County, Subdivision B

Does Kings County, Subdivision B have a public library?

Yes: Murdoch C. Smith Memorial 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).