Volunteers play a vital role in Burns Lake, and that’s why some events have to be cancelled when there’s not enough of them.Most recently, the Burns Lake and District Seniors Society had to cancel their annual seniors picnic because they couldn’t find enough volunteers to organize the event. But has the number of volunteers actually been declining?
According to Statistics Canada, the share of people aged 35 to 44 who volunteered across Canada decreased by six percentage points from 2010 to 2013.