Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0The nearest public library to Summerside is Kensington Heritage Library, 12 km away
Without open library statistics on Prince Edward Island, the page names Summerside’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
ACivic life#5 of 12 in Prince Edward IslandWhat Summerside’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Summerside grades A: #5 of the 12 towns graded in Prince Edward Island. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Summerside has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
40 registered charities give a Summerside mailing address
It works out to 2.1 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%
40.3% of people in Prince Edward Island did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 36.8% and 43.9%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 12 km from Summerside
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Summerside.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Summerside
Does Summerside have a public library?
The map shows none in Summerside; 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).