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Libraries · Kingston

No public library stands in Kingston: the closest, Tiny Library (Seasonal), is 12 km away

The next is Robertson Library (Charlottetown), 13 km away. Without open library statistics on Prince Edward Island, the page names Kingston’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

A−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering
Civic life grade

Behind Kingston’s civic life grade

Kingston’s civic life grade is A−. Kingston has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

A−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Kingston’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

No registered charity gives a Kingston mailing address

Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

40.3%

Between 36.8% and 43.9% of people in Prince Edward Island volunteered formally in 2023, 40.3% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 12 km from Kingston

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

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.

Questions about the library and civic life in Kingston

Does Kingston have a public library?

Kingston has none mapped; the closest public library is Tiny Library (Seasonal), in Charlottetown.

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).