Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 4.0Windsor’s public library works from 3 branches
By name: A. Gordon Cooper Library, Hantsport Public Library and Windsor Regional Library. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Nova Scotia, so there are no visit or loan figures for Windsor.
ACivic life#38 of 88 in Nova ScotiaWhat Windsor’s civic life grade weighs
Windsor gets a A for civic life, #38 of 88 towns graded in Nova Scotia. Windsor 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.
52 registered charities give a Windsor mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.6; the median is 1.1 for Nova Scotia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
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.
3 public libraries in Windsor
In order of distance from the centre of Windsor, as the crow flies.
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 Windsor
Does Windsor have a public library?
Yes, 3: A. Gordon Cooper Library, Hantsport Public Library and Windsor Regional 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).