Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 3.0Westville has one public library, Westville Public Library
It stands 0.7 km from the centre of Westville. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Nova Scotia, so there are no visit or loan figures for Westville.
ACivic life#23 of 88 in Nova ScotiaWhat Westville’s civic life grade weighs
Westville gets a A for civic life, #23 of 88 towns graded in Nova Scotia. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Westville, 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.
12 registered charities are based in Westville, by mailing address
That is 3.2 per 1,000 residents, against 1.1 in the typical Nova Scotia town and 1.4 across Canada. 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.
Westville’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Westville.
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 Westville
Does Westville have a public library?
Yes: Westville 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).