Melfort has one public library, Melfort Public Library

It sits 1.1 km from the centre of Melfort. Without open library statistics in Saskatchewan, the page names Melfort’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

ACivic life#4 of 104 in Saskatchewan

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Libraries

Charities

6.3 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Melfort’s civic life grade, input by input

Civic life in Melfort grades A: #4 of the 104 towns graded in Saskatchewan. Melfort has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Melfort’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in Saskatchewan A⁺Charities6.3 per 1,000 · Saskatchewan towns 2 · Canada 1.4 BVolunteering36.6% of residents · all of Saskatchewan, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

38 registered charities are based in Melfort, by mailing address

That is 6.3 per 1,000 residents, against 2 in the typical Saskatchewan 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.

Volunteering

36.6%

Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Saskatchewan at 36.6% in 2023, somewhere between 33.9% and 39.5%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Melfort’s public library

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Melfort.

1.1kmMelfort Public LibraryDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Melfort

Does Melfort have a public library?

Yes: Melfort Public 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).