Photo: William M. Monroe · Public domainPictou’s public library is Pictou Public Library
From the centre of Pictou, it is 0.4 km away. Without open library statistics in Nova Scotia, the page names Pictou’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
ACivic life#23 of 88 in Nova ScotiaWhat Pictou’s civic life grade weighs
With a A, Pictou ranks #23 of 88 Nova Scotia towns on civic life. Pictou 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.
28 registered charities are based in Pictou, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 8.5; 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.
Pictou’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Pictou.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Pictou
Does Pictou have a public library?
Yes: Pictou Public 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).