Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Oxford has one public library, Oxford Library
From the centre of Oxford, it is 0.5 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Nova Scotia, so there are no visit or loan figures for Oxford.
ACivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Oxford’s civic life grade
Oxford gets a A for civic life. Oxford has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
12 registered charities give a Oxford mailing address
It works out to 9.5 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%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 37.0% of people across Nova Scotia in 2023, likely 34.3% to 39.8%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Oxford’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Oxford, as the crow flies.
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 Oxford
Does Oxford have a public library?
Yes: Oxford 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).