Yarmouth has one public library, Durkee Memorial Library

From the centre of Yarmouth, it is 17 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Nova Scotia, so there are no visit or loan figures for Yarmouth.

ACivic life#2 of 88 in Nova Scotia

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Libraries

Charities

6.8 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

What Yarmouth’s civic life grade weighs

Yarmouth gets a A for civic life, #2 of 88 towns graded in Nova Scotia. Yarmouth has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Yarmouth’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Nova Scotia A⁺Charities6.8 per 1,000 · Nova Scotia towns 1.1 · Canada 1.4 A⁻Volunteering37.0% of residents · all of Nova Scotia, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Yarmouth mailing addresses hold 72 registered charities

That is 6.8 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.

Volunteering

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.

The libraries

Yarmouth’s public library

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Yarmouth.

17kmDurkee Memorial LibraryDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Yarmouth

Does Yarmouth have a public library?

Yes: Durkee Memorial 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).