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Libraries · Fort Simpson

John Tsetso Memorial Library is Fort Simpson’s public library

It stands 6.6 km from the centre of Fort Simpson. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in the Northwest Territories, so this page has none for Fort Simpson.

–Civic lifeNot graded
Libraries
1
Charities
2
1.5 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Fort Simpson’s civic life, input by input

Not graded: Statistics Canada has no volunteering estimate for the territories, so Fort Simpson has too few of the three inputs.

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

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

2 registered charities are based in Fort Simpson, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.5; the median is 2.7 for the Northwest Territories 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.

The libraries

Fort Simpson’s public library

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Fort Simpson.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.

Questions about the library and civic life in Fort Simpson

Does Fort Simpson have a public library?

Yes: John Tsetso 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).