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Libraries · Wellington

The nearest public library to Wellington is Tyne Valley Public Library, 14 km away

The next is Kensington Heritage Library (Kensington), 29 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly on Prince Edward Island, so there are no visit or loan figures for Wellington.

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

Behind Wellington’s civic life grade

Civic life in Wellington grades A+. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Wellington has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

A+
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Wellington’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Wellington mailing addresses hold 5 registered charities

Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.5; 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.

Volunteering

40.3%

Across Prince Edward Island, 40.3% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 36.8% to 43.9%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 14 km from Wellington

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

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.

Questions about the library and civic life in Wellington

Does Wellington have a public library?

Not in Wellington: the nearest public library is Tyne Valley Public Library, in Prince Edward Island.

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).