Photo: David Broad · CC BY 3.0The nearest public library to New London is Kensington Heritage Library, 7.7 km away
The next is Breadalbane Public Library (New Glasgow), 11 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly on Prince Edward Island, so there are no visit or loan figures for New London.
A−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringNew London’s civic life grade, input by input
New London gets a A− for civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and New London has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
One registered charity gives a New London mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.7; the median is 0.7 for Prince Edward Island towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
40.3%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 40.3% of people in Prince Edward Island volunteered formally (likely 36.8% to 43.9%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 7.7 km from New London
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of New London.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in New London
Does New London have a public library?
The map shows none in New London; Kensington Heritage Library, in Kensington, is the closest.
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).














