Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0No public library stands in South River: the closest, Powassan & District Union Public Library, is 27 km away
After it comes Kearney and Area Public Library (Kearney), 34 km away. No library board reports for South River alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
BCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringSouth River’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in South River grades B. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for South River, 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 give a South River mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 9.9; the median is 1.4 for Ontario 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.
32.1%
One figure covers all of Ontario: in 2023, 32.1% of its people gave time to an organization (between 31.0% and 33.2%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 27 km from South River
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of South River.
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 South River
Does South River have a public library?
South River has none mapped; the closest public library is Powassan & District Union Public Library, in Powassan.
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).