Photo: Madereugeneandrew · CC BY-SA 4.0Kingston has two public libraries, Kingston Library and GACSTC Library
Without open library statistics in Nova Scotia, the page names Kingston’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
B−Civic life#52 of 88 in Nova ScotiaKingston’s civic life grade, input by input
Kingston gets a B− for civic life, #52 of 88 towns graded in Nova Scotia. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Kingston, 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.
34 registered charities are based in Kingston, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.4; the median is 1.1 for Nova Scotia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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.
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.
Kingston’s 2 public libraries
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Kingston.
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 Kingston
Does Kingston have a public library?
Yes, 2: Kingston Library and GACSTC 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).