Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Charlottetown’s public library works from 3 branches
By name: Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, Robertson Library and Tiny Library (Seasonal). Visits and loans aren’t published as open data on Prince Edward Island, so this page has none for Charlottetown.
A+Civic life#2 of 12 in Prince Edward IslandBehind Charlottetown’s civic life grade
Civic life in Charlottetown grades A+: #2 of the 12 towns graded in Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown 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.
167 registered charities give a Charlottetown mailing address
It works out to 3.5 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%
Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 40.3% of Prince Edward Island’s people in 2023, give or take (36.8% to 43.9%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
3 public libraries in Charlottetown
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Charlottetown.
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 Charlottetown
Does Charlottetown have a public library?
Yes, 3: Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, Robertson Library and Tiny Library (Seasonal).
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).