BC Public Libraries Systems - Branches and Locations

Public Libraries (BC Government - Ministry of Education)
This dataset includes contact and location data for all library service points in BC. It also includes some primary data on library use and services from the most current year that data is available. The dataset is geolocational, and is available in XLSX, CSV, and KML formats.
Data Format CSV, XLSX, KML, WMS, BC Geographic Warehouse Custom Download (multiple formats)
Download Url https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/3d2318d4-8f5d-42...
Download Url Validated True
Validation Message Valid CSV data
Alternate Download Urls https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/3d2318...
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/3d2318...
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/3d2318...
Update Frequency Unknown
Last Updated 2026-04-29 (metadata); 2019-09-05 (data lifecycle modification)
Geospatial Bounds -132.1614,48.3797,-114.8811,58.8044
Portal Type ckan
Success True
Quality Score
100%
Usable
Yes
Total Rows
250
Valid Geometries
250 / 250

Schema Compliance

Geometry Type Point
CRS {"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjso...
WGS84 Yes
Required Columns Yes

Spatial Bounds

SW: (-132.1614, 48.3797)
NE: (-114.8811, 58.8044)

Column Completeness

Column Completeness
id 100.0%
names 100.0%
categories 100.0%
operating_status 100.0%
addresses 100.0%
phones 100.0%
sources 100.0%
source_properties 100.0%
websites 0.0%
socials 0.0%
emails 0.0%

Top Categories

library (250)

Issues

Overture Comparison

library (auto-inferred)
Candidate POIs
250
Overture POIs
604

H3 Cell Coverage (res 10)

Candidate Cells 246
Overture Cells 518
Overlapping 96
Candidate Only 150
Overture Only 422

Coverage Ratios

Overlap Ratio
39.0%
Unique Coverage
61.0%

Density Statistics

Mean Max Min
Candidate 1.02 3 1
Overture 1.17 7 1