Photo: Tim Green from Bradford, UK · CC BY 2.0Lillian B. Benham Library is Shelburne’s public library
The library is 15 km from the centre of Shelburne. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Nova Scotia, so there are no visit or loan figures for Shelburne.
ACivic life#29 of 88 in Nova ScotiaBehind Shelburne’s civic life grade
With a A, Shelburne ranks #29 of 88 Nova Scotia towns on civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Shelburne, 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.
26 registered charities give a Shelburne mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 5.7; the median is 1.1 for Nova Scotia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
37.0%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses Nova Scotia as a whole: 37.0% volunteered formally in 2023, between 34.3% and 39.8%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Shelburne’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Shelburne, as the crow flies.
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 Shelburne
Does Shelburne have a public library?
Yes: Lillian B. Benham 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).