Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Biggar’s public library is Biggar - Lionel A. Jones Library
The library is 0.1 km from the centre of Biggar. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Saskatchewan, so there are no visit or loan figures for Biggar.
ACivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBiggar’s civic life grade, input by input
Biggar gets a A for civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Biggar, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
17 registered charities give a Biggar mailing address
It works out to 7.3 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Saskatchewan town has 2 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.
36.6%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 36.6% of people across Saskatchewan in 2023, likely 33.9% to 39.5%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Biggar’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Biggar, as the crow flies.
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 Biggar
Does Biggar have a public library?
Yes: Biggar - Lionel A. Jones Library.
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).