Photo: TravelingOtter from Houston, Texas, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Yellowknife’s public library is Yellowknife Public Library
The library is 1.2 km from the centre of Yellowknife. Without open library statistics in the Northwest Territories, the page names Yellowknife’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
–Civic lifeNot gradedThe three inputs behind a civic life grade for Yellowknife
Not graded: Statistics Canada has no volunteering estimate for the territories, so Yellowknife has too few of the three inputs.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
59 registered charities give a Yellowknife mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.6; the median is 2.7 for the Northwest Territories towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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.
Yellowknife’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Yellowknife.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Yellowknife
Does Yellowknife have a public library?
Yes: Yellowknife 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).