Photo: Marty Aligata · CC BY-SA 4.0Belfast has no public library of its own; the nearest is Stratford Public Library, 25 km away
The next is Charlottetown Library Learning Centre (Charlottetown), 27 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly on Prince Edward Island, so there are no visit or loan figures for Belfast.
A−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Belfast’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Belfast grades A−. Belfast 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.
4 registered charities are based in Belfast, by mailing address
It works out to 1.9 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Prince Edward Island town has 0.7 and Canada’s 1.4. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
40.3%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses Prince Edward Island as a whole: 40.3% volunteered formally in 2023, between 36.8% and 43.9%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 25 km from Belfast
In order of distance from the centre of Belfast, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Belfast
Does Belfast have a public library?
Belfast has none mapped; the closest public library is Stratford Public Library, in Stratford.
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).