Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0No public library stands in Souris: the closest, Morell Public Library, is 27 km away
After it comes Canada's Smallest Library (Three Rivers), 28 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data on Prince Edward Island, so this page has none for Souris.
A+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Souris’s civic life grade
Civic life in Souris grades A+. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Souris has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Souris mailing addresses hold 15 registered charities
That is 7.6 per 1,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical Prince Edward Island town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
40.3%
In 2023, 40.3% of people in Prince Edward Island volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 36.8% and 43.9%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 27 km from Souris
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Souris.
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 Souris
Does Souris have a public library?
There isn’t one in Souris; people there use libraries such as Morell Public Library, in Morell.
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).